British rock band, Coldplay have released their 10th album, “Moon Music”, which comes three years after 2021’s “Music Of The Spheres”.
The band comprises of pianist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman as well as drummer and percussionist Will Champion.
The new project contains the chart-topping single, “We Pray”, featuring Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna and Tini, as well as the MTV VMAs-nominated single, “Feelslikeimfallinginlove”, which reached the top spot on both the UK’s airplay chart and the Official Big Top 40.
Sharing insight on the new album, Martin described it as “a response to struggling with conflict”.
“It’s a response to struggling with all the conflict within oneself, within myself, and also all the conflict outside, and working out what the best response is.
“‘Moon Music’ is trying to say that maybe love is the best response, even when that feels difficult to do, which I definitely find it hard to do a lot of the time, which is probably why we try and sing about it so much, as a reminder,” said Martin.
He added that a lot of the songs on the album are about personal struggles or the hardships that he sees in others.
“In a way, it’s a reaction to feeling so powerless in the face of so many crazy things happening internally and externally and looking for answers.
“All the answers I seem to respond to when I find them in poems or books or songs, all seem to be about being kind to yourself, therefore being able to be yourself, which allows you to then let other people be themselves, and that might end things more peacefully.”
Martin said that he doesn’t know how to describe the songs and his attempt at explaining might sound like nonsense, but that it was how he felt.
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In addition to their release, the band have taken sustainability measures and have produced 59 percent less CO2e emissions than their previous stadium tour.
They have also gone to great lengths to make the physical release of “Moon Music” as sustainable as possible by teaming up with The Ocean Cleanup.
Each copy of the album is made from nine recycled PET-plastic bottles recovered from post-consumer waste, making it the world’s first 140g EcoRecord rPET LP.
The standard CD editions will be the world’s first to be released on EcoCD, created from 90 percent recycled polycarbonate sourced from waste streams after consumption.
A special album edition titled, “The Notebook” comprises 70% river plastic, intercepted by The Ocean Cleanup before reaching the Gulf of Honduras and the Atlantic Ocean.