“We paint with lots of layers, big thick strings and synths. “We historically as a band tend to fill space,” says Champion. He helped the songs breathe for a band known for rich orchestrations. This time, the band teamed up with super-producer Max Martin, who they credit with a less-is-more approach. “You know, ‘What are we all doing here and what’s the purpose of our band and why are we all here?’” And this one is about making the personal things into the big questions,” says Champion. “’Everyday Life’ was about making the big questions personal. It was as introspective about humanity as the new one is lofty.
The seeds to the new album were sown years ago, when the British band was finishing up their tour for “A Head Full of Dreams.” The pandemic scrambled their plans, leading to their last album, “Everyday Life,” a dense and complex work with words spoken or sung in Arabic, Spanish, Zulu and Igbo. Guitarist Jonny Buckland uses a fishing analogy: “The concept kind of builds the net, do you know what I mean? And then the net catches the type of fish that it wants to.” But you’re always at the mercy of what what songs decide to show up.”Ĭoldplay also announced a world tour that begins in March, 2022 and hits Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia June 8, 2022. “The songs come first, but the picture frame of the title of ‘Music of the Spheres’ sort of easily said which songs might fit within it. “It is a bit grander in its sound,” says lead singer Chris Martin.