A Message

Coldplay are in the studio, and Chris Martin wants us to know what to expect.

The band’s frontman has revealed that their fifth album will be a meditation on “love, addiction, OCD, and working for someone you don’t like.”

OMG, I totally am going to heart this one. Hard.

Martin also said that the new record will not be a traditional concept album but quite the personal work with a consistent set of themes.

“[It’s] a thinly veiled account of what happens within the group,” he said.

Photo: ClashMusic.com.

When You Try Your Best But You Don’t Succeed

According to the New York Daily News, Coldplay’s free Madison Square Garden show last night left a few in the audience…well, cold.

“Coldplay [were] gingerly finding [their] way through the new material, and through a whole new show as well,” said the newspaper’s music critic. “[Frontman Chris] Martin had trouble finding the right chords for one song, and forgot the lyrics to another (‘Fix You,’ ironically)…Such gaffs and hesitancies were hardly the most disappointing aspects of the evening.”

Here’s to hoping the band can pull it together by the time they hit the road for their summer-fall tour.

They will – right?

They better do by the time they hit South Florida in November….

Photo: NYDailyNews.com.

Update: This hiccup and mixed-to-negative buzz on the Internet aside, Coldplay still got it going on. Their Viva La Vida sold 721,000 copies on its first week out.