Review of Coldplay: Moon Music – a very joyful ride to heaven | Coldplay

CHris Martin clearly feels compelled to use his bully pulpit to spread positivity. There’s nothing wrong with that. One of the reasons Coldplay are the biggest card pushers in rock history is that Martin is a great frontman, both because of his funny, engaging personality and his heartfelt delivery. But only the latter ever makes it onto Coldplay’s albums. There is no joke Moon music. He completely erases that part of himself. All that’s left is empty, sweet optimism and too much ingratiating chatter about the stars and the sky and the spheres and moons and rainbows and clouds and the sky. This is Magic FM’s shipping forecast.

The tosh is tolerable where Coldplay’s golden melodic touch survives – We Pray and Good Feelings are particularly pleasant. But, how on Music of the Spheres (2021), Max Martin’s weak production weakens the weaker tracks: tons of generic playlist pop that, apart from the piano ballads, reduces the band’s excellent musicians to decorative accessories. Hopefully Coldplay can conjure up more trippy bangers like “Adventure of a Lifetime” or “Hymn for the Weekend” from 2015 for their planned final two albums. And turn up the joke.