Coldplay 2014 - Ghost Stories

One of my favorite bands is back with a nicely executed album that inaugurates a new phase in their musical style. While still interlaced with their characteristic sound, Coldplay managed to create a beautiful yet quite different album that has a lot in common with Lo-Fi: minimalist beats in several songs, atmospherics that create a dazzling ambiance, and the staple falsettos that are immediately recognizable as Coldplay. The tempo in all but a couple of songs is quite slow, which caused me to remember their early works especially in Parachutes. I wonder what my impression will be after listening to this a couple more times, but my first take is that this is among Coldplay’s best albums.