From Pitchfork.
Coldplay are releasing a new album, Moon Music, on October 4 via Atlantic. The band worked on the new album with Max Martin—the producer behind 2021’s Music of the Spheres. The LP’s first single, “Feelslikeimfallinginlove,” lands on Friday, June 21. See the new album’s cover below.
Music of the Spheres housed one of Coldplay’s biggest songs in years, the BTS collaboration “My Universe.” The single was the band’s first No. 1 hit since “Viva La Vida” and also earned Coldplay a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
From the Guardian.
Coldplay are aiming to make the most ecologically sustainable vinyl record yet, for their newly announced album Moon Music.
Each 140g vinyl copy of Moon Music, released 4 October, will be manufactured from nine plastic bottles recovered from consumer waste. For a special “notebook edition”, 70% of the plastic has been intercepted by the environmental nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup from Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala, preventing it from entering the Gulf of Honduras and the Atlantic Ocean.
The band say they will reduce carbon emissions compared with regular 140g vinyl production by 85%, and prevent the manufacture of 25 tonnes of virgin plastic. CD copies will be made from 90% recycled plastic, with a 78% reduction in emissions compared with traditional CD manufacture.
The initiative comes alongside Coldplay’s attempt to reduce the environmental impact of touring, as the band continue their epic Music of the Spheres world tour which is now the third-highest grossing tour of all time.
Earlier this month the band said they had reduced their carbon footprint by 59% compared with their previous world tour. As well as trying to avoid plane travel where possible, creative technological solutions were deployed, such as “kinetic dancefloors” that harnessed energy from the movement of the crowd.
Moon Music will be Coldplay’s 10th album, in a discography that stretches back to their 2000 debut Parachutes. They have re-teamed with Max Martin, the producer for their previous album Music of the Spheres and one of the greatest pop producers of all time, who has had a hand in 27 US No 1 hits.
The first single from Moon Music, feelslikeimfallinginlove, will be released on Friday 21 June. It will likely feature in their headline Glastonbury festival set on 29 June.
Other artists are attempting to reduce the environmental impact of vinyl production, such as Billie Eilish, who used recycled vinyl – made from offcuts of traditional vinyl production – for the release of her recent album Hit Me Hard and Soft.
In a March interview with Billboard, Eilish lamented how “some of the biggest artists in the world [are] making fucking 40 different vinyl packages that have a different unique thing just to get you to keep buying more. It’s so wasteful.”. She later added on Instagram: “I wasn’t singling anyone out, these are industry-wide systemic issues.”
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- Coldplay - X&Y - Eco Vinyl - Stickered Shrink - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £29.99, $38.99, €35.99 (New Item) (arrived 26-Oct-2024 11:22)on October 27, 2024 at 4:46 pm
COLDPLAY X&Y (2024 UK/EU 13-track double LP pressed on 140gram Black Eco Vinyl, the 2005 album including the singles Speed Of Sound, Fix You, Talk & The Hardest Part. Comes housed in a deluxe picture sleeve in hype stickered shrinkwrap. The vinyl is Mint & unplayed)
- Coldplay - Everyday Life - 180gram Vinyl - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £40.00, $52.00, €48.00 (New Item) (arrived 10-Sep-2024 09:25)on October 27, 2024 at 4:46 pm
COLDPLAY Everyday Life (2019 UK limited edition 16-track double LP pressed on Audiophile quality 180gram Heavyweight Vinyl - Their first new studio album in nearly four years, Everyday Life is presented in two halves: 'Sunrise' & 'Sunset' and features a stunning array of music, that is sure to surprise and delight their massive global fanbase, including the Orphans and Arabesque. Includes the 24-page booklet, housed in the stunning uncoated board picture sleeve which displays gold & holofoil detail. Although not sealed, this example remains in the open hype-stickered shrinkwrap, and displays minimal wear and looks barely played)
- Coldplay - The Scientist - UK - CD/DVD single set - £14.99, $19.49, €17.99 (New Item) (arrived 31-Jan-2024 14:43)on October 27, 2024 at 4:46 pm
COLDPLAY The Scientist (2002 UK 7-track CD/DVD 2-disc single set including non-album and live tracks plus video and band interview. Both discs are housed in their original hype-stickered packaging with the CD in a digipak sleeve while the DVDsits inside the super-jewel case)
- Coldplay - X&Y - Japanese - CD album - £19.99, $25.99, €23.99 (New Item) (arrived 12-Feb-2024 17:00)on October 27, 2024 at 4:46 pm
COLDPLAY X&Y (2005 Japanese 13-track CD album [the 3rd album from Mr Martin & chums] including the single 'Speed Of Sound' plus bonus recording 'Til Kingdom Comes' [released as a hidden track on the UK version], presented in a picture sleeve with Japanese/English lyric booklet + obi-strip TOCP-66370)
- Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head - UK - CD album - £9.99, $12.99, €11.99 (New Item) (arrived 29-Apr-2024 16:05)on October 27, 2024 at 4:46 pm
COLDPLAY A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002 UK 11-track CD album featuring the classic singles In My Place, The Scientist, Clocks and God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, with picture booklet inlay) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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