“I’m so happy that I’m alive / Happy I’m alive at the same time as you,” Martin sings on one note. Instead of trying to rationalize his overwhelming feelings, he happily concedes “That you’ve got a higher power / Got me singin’ every second, dancin’ every hour.” His sweetest declaration of love, though, operates on nowhere near as lofty a scale - and its simplicity only strengthens the impact of its arrival at the end of the second verse. Then comes lead single “Higher Power,” whose title reflects Martin’s unabashed reverence for such an idea. Across these tracks, nebulous synth warbles crystallize into patterns while retaining an expansive resonance, like a distant object gradually coming into focus through a telescope. The album’s titular opener marks the first of four instrumental pieces, each intensifying relative to the last. These elements complement each other on each track as if in mutual orbit, welcoming listeners into Coldplay’s cosmos. For all their celestial allusions, the heartfelt lyrics never succumb to the cold of deep space - and Martin knows exactly when to sing them with arena-worthy grandeur or in his signature falsetto. “So there’s a lot of love in there.”Īnd there’s a lot to love about “Music of the Spheres.” The album’s impressive production coats the band’s classic guitar riffs in a futuristic shimmer. “When you set something in another place, there’s a freedom to say what you really feel,” Coldplay’s lead singer Chris Martin told Zane Lowe in an Apple Music interview. Their ninth studio album embarks on a soaring exploration of the universe’s potential as a source of boundless hope - and even love. 15 release of “Music of the Spheres” places the British rock band among the stars.

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