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Coldplay‘s latest single, “Paradise”, is out today, and the song is the four-piece British band at its best: a stately anthem, at once heartrending, powerful and serene. The track comes from their upcoming fifth album, Mylo Xyloto — the meaning of which no one can quite figure out — set for release on October 24 (full tracklist below). Here, now, a bunch of reasons to be excited for the new Coldplay record:

-It’s their first album in three years, since 2008′s Viva La Vida.
-The record is super-top-secret. Not even Mrs. Coldplay, Gwyneth Paltrow, has heard it yet.
-It features Rihanna, on a song called Princess of China.
-Another song on the album is called U.F.O., and is possibly about U.F.O.s.
-Apparently, album was influenced by the HBO show The Wire (according to Wikipedia).
-There will be a limited pop-up version of the album released.
-Hi, it’s a new Coldplay album.

Mylo Xyloto:
01 Mylo Xyloto
02 Hurts Like Heaven
03 Paradise
04 Charlie Brown
05 Us Against the World
06 M.M.I.X.
07 Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
08 Major Minus
09 U.F.O.
10 Princess of China
11 Up in Flames
12 A Hopeful Transmission
13 Don’t Let It Break Your Heart
14 Up With the Birds

And don’t forget, Chris Martin and co. will be at MuchMusic for Rogers Presents: Live in the Lot w/ Coldplay next Wednesday, Sept. 21!

WHOA, EXCITING UPDATE: Want to see Coldplay at Much in person? Line up outside the NML studio this Wednesday (Sept. 14th) between 5 and 6pm, when we’ll be handing out tickets for the big show.

Posted on Monday, September 12th, 2011 at 12:06 pm by Jason Richards and is filed under The Wedge.

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