New Coldplay album: miss The Simpsons to hear it online

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by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 24 comments 18:00 June 6th, 2008

Want to wrap your ears around the new Coldplay album some days before its official release? Head to their MySpace right now.

Viva La Vida... will be available to hear in full from 6pm tonight (June 6) - about now, then. Or not right now, as we're on it and it's still got 'Trouble' up there.

Click HERE to get your pre-release kicks.

The album proper is released on June 12, a Thursday. Crazy times.

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They're trying their best

in every way to "do a Radiohead" with this album, gimmick after gimmick.

I'll only be downloading the good stuff from it anyhoo.

FizzyBovril | 6 Jun '08, 18:06 | X | Reply

and anyway

this simpsons episode is a classic.
WE PUT THE SPRING IN SPRINGFIELD.

fuck coldplay

theriseofenglish | 6 Jun '08, 18:09 | X | Reply

But loads of bands have a preview of the album online

REM did it recently and loads of not as big bands do it as well, eg Fleet Foxes and Twilight Sad. So this isn't really much of a gimmick.

black_rooster @FizzyBovril | 6 Jun '08, 18:13 | X | Reply

I'm sorry, but what good stuff could ever come from this?

MmmKatheriney @FizzyBovril | 6 Jun '08, 18:20 | X | Reply

By gimmick I'm talking about...

the whole French Revolution thing, the terrible iPod adverts, the releasing it on a Thursday etc... okay they're not exactly gimmicks, but you get what I mean.

FizzyBovril @black_rooster | 6 Jun '08, 18:22 | X | Reply

Now

at 8.30pm, it would seem. *tension*

Timdersticks | 6 Jun '08, 18:29 | X | Reply

presumably too many people were watching The Simpsons

Mike_Diver @Timdersticks | 6 Jun '08, 18:34 | X | Reply

you call them gimmicks because you hate Coldplay?

that's cool man, just admit it

brusma @FizzyBovril | 6 Jun '08, 19:56 | X | Reply

French Revolution?

...

Panic @FizzyBovril | 6 Jun '08, 19:57 | X | Reply

I don't hate Coldplay at all

I'd just rather them release an album, you know? Without having to do that annoying advert etc

FizzyBovril @brusma | 6 Jun '08, 20:04 | X | Reply

The clothes they're wearing to promote the album...

are kinda inspired from that era / thing

FizzyBovril @Panic | 6 Jun '08, 20:04 | X | Reply

have they taken it off again

or did it never go up?

HamsterTango @Mike_Diver | 6 Jun '08, 20:24 | X | Reply

there's a secret panel

you need to click on...

it's not a particularly instant sounding record - to be fair and not damn it on first impressions!

skeleton_man @HamsterTango | 6 Jun '08, 20:41 | X | Reply

ps

it says "plays today: 4"!!

skeleton_man @skeleton_man | 6 Jun '08, 20:42 | X | Reply

certainly ought to hang his head in shame about this. there is no justification for having anything to do with it other than private education fees for his kids or mortgage repayments on his notting hill offices. disgusting. shown his true colours. allegedly he said coldplay are the sort of band who 'live on the creative edge'! haha