Coldplay’s New Single “Violet Hill”
It’s possible that this is the best released song of their career thus far— an anthem that initially tries the patience instead of going for the jugular with some overblown, full-speed-ahead refrain. Only the release of the album will tell how much of this composition is genius and how much is chance, but I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt if only because “Violet Hill” has been on repeat since I downed it this morning.
They’re derivative of so many other artists who’ve managed to pull off more influential albums; and while “Violet Hill” is anything but industry-shattering, it’s the kind of single indicative of the album we should’ve gotten in place of the over-produced, self important “X & Y.” The biggest achievement (to me, anyway) is that they’ve pulled off a convincing rebirth after 2005 left me with the feeling that they were going to be little more than U2-parodying pop stars. That isn’t to say that this upcoming album is going to be life-changing, but it should prove to be a doe-eyed beauty nonetheless.
4.5/5
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