Michael Evans

Coldplay are like Radiohead (not a sentence you often hear). They’re one of those bands that you just wish would go back to how they used to be and make a proper guitar based rock album. Sadly, this is another in the now very long list of albums from 2014’s Ghost Stories. It’s just instantly forgettable. The maddest thing about it, is the songs they do on their own are by far the best on the record as the collaborations would work much better without the guest vocals. It just sounds very disjointed and unnecessary. The great songs are great, but the bad songs are really bad. I’m a fan, I love Coldplay and I’ll be going to see them next year, but this is just another album that it feels they could have knocked out very quickly just to satisfy the 'pop' audience that has now joined their legion of fans across the world. Financially it’s working, however the quality of music diminishes with every new release. And guys, please just write the song titles in the correct way. All this upper case, lower case and abbreviations is just plain daft. Here’s to the next one…….