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Post by prissieb on Feb 27, 2014 21:24:51 GMT
FAN-tastic: Coldplay surprise fans as they unveil new music video for single Midnight via Twitter (and get 1 million views in six hours) By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 10:05 GMT, 26 February 2014 | UPDATED: 10:53 GMT, 26 February 2014 Coldplay have surprised fans by unveiling new material with little fanfare by posting the video online. The band, whose last album Mylo Xyloto came out in 2011, posted the track on their website after directing fans there with a message on Twitter. The song Midnight, which is heavy on electronica, is accompanied by a night vision-style video featuring the band walking through a forest. Scroll down for video Coldplay: The acclaimed band have treated fans to their latest music video The four-piece scored an instant online hit with their latest pop/rock offering The dark and brooding clip is directed by Mary Wigmore, who not only starred as an actress in Shallow Hal and Down To You but is also the godmother to Chris Martin's daughter with Gwyneth Paltrow, Apple Martin. It sees the band filmed using night vision cameras in an eerie forest. The band tweeted that 'something new' would happen at midnight in the time zone of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Black and white: The latest video was shot through a filer in night vision and captures the band in a new way Coldplay are to play a show at the iTunes Festival which has been added to the line-up of many gigs staged at the annual SXSW in Austin, Texas, next month. They have not made clear when the song will be released although it has been made available to radio stations. They flagged up the new song by telling fans "Something new at 0:00 in Ulaanbaatar", then they posted the video at what would have been midnight in the Mongolian capital. It is the first new track since the band's song Atlas for the Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack. Artistic: The new clip sees the band take a more alternative route link
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Post by prissieb on Feb 27, 2014 21:26:43 GMT
Watch the Video for Coldplay’s Haunting New Single “Midnight” Coldplay trades climax for tension on a left-of-center, Bon Iver-evoking new single By Jamieson Cox @jamiesoncoxfeb. 25, 2014 It’s easy to take them for granted given their longevity and association with cool dads the world over, but Coldplay are a rare breed: an international successful, critically acclaimed rock band, topping charts and selling out stadiums in an era where that concept seems almost charmingly antiquated. While 2011’s Mylo Xyloto didn’t quite match the success of the band’s first few full-lengths, it holds up today as a gleaming example of creatively ambitious, macro-scale pop-rock, dense with hooks and shined to a sparkle. The band is prepping their as-yet-untitled sixth studio album for release later this year, and just released the first single from said album: “Midnight” glides for five minutes on clusters of processed harmonies and frosty pulses, as Chris Martin and co. navigate some sort of parallel universe X-ray forest in the accompanying video. “Midnight” occasionally threatens to shatter and morph over the course of its runtime but never blossoms into one of Coldplay’s trademark climaxes, instead blurring into a phosphene cloud of synth melodies. It’s another step in a new direction for a band that’s never been content with staying in place. link
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Post by prissieb on Feb 27, 2014 21:28:55 GMT
Stop what you're doing: there's a new Coldplay song Ahead of their South By Southwest performance next month, the band have launched new track Midnight on their website The pits: Coldplay's Chris Martin Photograph: Christie Goodwin/WireImage Fans of indie, vocoders and heat sensor videos, stop what you’re doing, reconsider your hobbies and listen up: Coldplay have unveiled the video for a brand-new single. Posting Midnight on their official website today, the Blair Witch-alike video was directed by Mary Wigmore and is their first proper single since the Hunger Games soundtracking Atlas. The song’s ambience and ghostliness is certainly very contemporary sounding, but as a dedicated Coldplay fan this isn’t entirely what I was after from their new material. While enterally supportive of their progression, I would rather Coldplay released something that sounded a little more like it was recorded in 2001, possibly round someone’s dad’s garage and potentially while wearing really faded vintage sports t-shirts. Or at the very least, just give me some distinguishable lyrics. Coldplay going to be performing at this year’s South By Southwest in Austin, Texas on the first night of iTunes Festival. The band are currently said to be working on their sixth studio album, the follow up to Mylo Xyloto. link
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Post by prissieb on Feb 27, 2014 21:31:11 GMT
Coldplay Ease Into Chilly New Track 'Midnight' The group premiered the video at midnight, Mongolia time ByKORY GROW FEBRUARY 25, 2014 1:45 PM With zero context, Coldplay have released a new song, "Midnight." The group has yet to announce a new album or any other release for 2014, and their only concert on the calendar so far is an appearance during South by Southwest. Instead, they simply tweeted that "something new" would happen at midnight in the time zone local to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia – and now that they have released the video for "Midnight," it seems even more shrouded in mystery. The 10 Best Coldplay Songs, As Picked by Rolling Stone Readers The clip is dark and chilly, full of black-and-white photo-negative images and what looks like heat-sensitive silhouettes of Coldplay's members ambling through a forest. The song itself is just as chilly. A far cry from the anthemic chorus of their most recent track, "Atlas," which doubled as their contribution to the Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack, "Midnight" is one of the group's most understated singles. For four minutes, the band maintains a slow pulse highlighted by shimmering synthesizers that have more in common with downtempo EDM than Coldplay's piano rock. Frontman Chris Martin intones heavily affected vocals that, at times, resemble early Nineties Peter Gabriel as he sings about darkness, while the synths build throughout the track before a skittery, rave-like keyboard line flits about noisy static. The track closes with Martin asking that a light be left on. Maybe somewhere deep within the effects-heavy murk of his more incoherent lyrics is something that explains just why the song came out at a time local to Ulaanbaatar. link
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Post by prissieb on Feb 27, 2014 21:33:23 GMT
Coldplay unveil new track 'Midnight' – watch Band reveal video for new song Coldplay have revealed a new track titled 'Midnight' – scroll down and click to listen. The band shared the video for the track, which was directed by Mary Wigmore, on their official website. They are currently believed to be working on their sixth studio album. A spokesperson for the band's label confirmed Coldplay are "working on new music, coming soon". In September last year, meanwhile, the group revealed their track 'Atlas', which was taken from the soundtrack to the film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and in December 2013 they played a surprise intimate show at a pub in Somerset where they treated drinkers to tracks including 'Yellow', 'The Scientist' and 'Paradise'. Coldplay are set to appear at this year's South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. The British band will perform on the first night of iTunes Festival at SXSW, the first time the music provider has brought its own festival to the US event. Coldplay will play live in a bill which also includes Imagine Dragons on March 11 at ACL Live at the Moody Theatre. Coldplay released their debut album, 'Parachutes', in 2000 and have since gone on to make LPs including 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' (2002), 'X&Y' (2005) and 'Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends' (2008). Their last effort, 'Mylo Xyloto', was released in October 2011 and went on to sell over eight million copies worldwide. link
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Post by prissieb on Feb 27, 2014 21:38:07 GMT
Coldplay will release their sixth LP later this year, and today, they’ve dropped a brand new track. “Midnight” may or may not appear on the full-length — no confirmation on that yet — but if this is the sound they’re going for, I approve. It’s the band at their most spacious and ambient, stripped down to a ghostly essence. (I can hear a little “Beth/Rest” on the vocals.) It comes with a video, directed by Mary Wigmore. Watch/listen. link
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Post by prissieb on Feb 27, 2014 21:42:04 GMT
Photo by Anton Corbijn Coldplay's most recent record, Mylo Xyloto, was released back in 2011. Today they've shared the first hint at a new record via the atmospheric video for "Midnight" (which seems to suggest that Chris Martin has spent a fair amount of time with Bon Iver...) The video was directed by Mary Wigmore. Revisit our 2011 interview with Martin.link
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Post by coeurli on Feb 28, 2014 10:32:46 GMT
The only French articles/reviews I've come across are accusing the band of plagiarism (Bon Iver). :|
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Post by comicforce on Feb 28, 2014 18:24:24 GMT
Thank you for all your hare work doing this Prissie!
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Post by aschall on Mar 1, 2014 2:13:04 GMT
The only French articles/reviews I've come across are accusing the band of plagiarism (Bon Iver). :| What..... -_-
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Post by Rainystrawberry on Mar 1, 2014 23:47:51 GMT
The only French articles/reviews I've come across are accusing the band of plagiarism (Bon Iver). :| What..... -_- Coldplay can't catch a break! Their good songs end up accused of something, it's like Coldplay is not allowed to have great songs.
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