A preview of new Coldplay album ‘X&Y’ has appeared on MTV.com, and whilst not particularly damning, it’s not particularly effusive either, saying that the album “manages to sound (in sections) like Brian Eno, the Beatles, Grandaddy, Mercury Rev and Basil Poledouris' score to ‘Conan The Barbarian’ - but also like every Coldplay album ever released”, but adding that this is in fact “no easy feat.”
The article says that the highlights include opening number ‘Square One’, and ‘Swallowed In The Sea’, but the forthcoming single release ‘Speed Of Sound’ was described as "the strangest track the band could've selected to serve as its grand return to the spotlight"
The preview concludes that the album, to be released on 6 Jun, is “an organic electronica album. A minimalist, experimental disc with a whole bunch of power chords. Brian Eno for frat guys”, and with the opinion that X&Y sounds very much like, well, a Coldplay album. Which is good news for Coldplay fans.