Coldplay Announce Mylo Xyloto Tracklist

Coldplay have announced the tracklist for their upcoming fifth album, Mylo Xyloto. The album page about Mylo Xyloto on this blog is here.

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. UFO
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

Fallen Empires Release Date?

Some sites have Snow Patrol's sixth album up for pre-order with a release date of 7th November. This remains unconfirmed, however.

The first single, Called Out In The Dark, was released 4 days ago, along with the album's opener / title track Fallen Empires, and two B-sides.

Preview Velociraptor!

Go here to preview 30-second samples of Kasabian's upcoming fourth record, Velociraptor!, due out 19th September.

Enter Shikari To Release New Single

Enter Shikari will release a new single, Snakepit, on 20th September. The single is the first single from their new album, which is untitled at the moment. This means Quelle Surprise will probably not be on the album, and therefore is a standalone single similar to Destabilise.

The album is due towards the end of the year.

Snow Patrol - New Songs Update

A few songs from Snow Patrol's upcoming sixth album, Fallen Empires, have turned up (2 studio versions and 5 live versions); collected for you here along with 2 B-sides. They have also played a song called The Garden Rules, but a version of this has not been found yet. (EDIT: Found one! - it's featured in the list below)


STUDIO VERSIONS ON ALBUM

CALLED OUT IN THE DARK (first single)


FALLEN EMPIRES (opening track on the album)


B-SIDES ON THE 'CALLED OUT IN THE DARK' EP

MY BROTHERS


I'M READY


LIVE VERSIONS

THOSE DISTANT BELLS (played in the acoustic set, so unknown if this is how it is on the album)


SIGNS OF LIFE (alternate title is The Weight Of Love)
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THE GARDEN RULES
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NEW YORK


THIS ISN'T EVERYTHING YOU ARE (my personal favourite)


Other songs that might feature on the album are Unspeakable Things, Life-ning, All I Wanted From Life, West Of Here and I'll Never Let You Go.

We also know the final track is titled Broken Bottles Form A Star (prelude); the full version of which will open the seventh album, which is apparently already finished! (Two-part album? Yes please...)

Paradise First Play

Coldplay's new single, Paradise, off their forthcoming fifth album, will get its first radio play at 07.50am (GMT) on Radio 1 on 12th September, the same day that it is set to be released as a single.

The album it is from, Mylo Xyloto, is due out 24th October.

Album Review: Ladytron - Gravity The Seducer

Ladytron are an interesting band; constantly coming up with something new for each album (this one being their fifth) and despite being such an electronic-based band, the sound remains very warm and human rather than cold, robotic and detached. For this album, they've let go of the heavy, industrial powerhouse sound that dominated fourth album Velocifero, and gone in the opposite direction completely - the songs are ethereal, very atmospheric and aren't really grounded by bass or huge drums as on the last record. The album's opener, White Elephant, is a case in point with its beautiful synth melody and the ethereal vocals of singer Helen Marnie; a definite highlight of the album.

There are a few songs that evoke older Ladytron ever so slightly, such as Mirage or Ace of Hz, but on the whole, it's all new and improved. There are a few instrumentals here - Ritual (possibly the heaviest sounding song on the album), the epic, cinematic Transparent Days and Aces High, which is just a redesigned Ace of Hz without vocals. Despite being a good tune on its own, maybe it should have been left off, especially considering that what comes before it - 90 Degrees - is the sort of song you'd imagine closing the album, what with its floaty, atmospheric vibe and what I think is Marnie's best vocal on the album.

Speaking of vocals, the band's Mira Aroyo is relegated to a lot of backing vocals, which is for the best on this album, as she fits some of the band's darker, heavier songs far better than Marnie, but as this album is not like that, she only gets lead vocals on two songs, Moon Palace and Altitude Blues - the latter is more spoken word than singing, whereas the former is probably the best thing they've ever done, with some fantastic imagery in the lyrics and a real sense of epicness throughout.

Elsewhere, we have: White Gold, a slow, minimal song based mainly on drums and vocals with a synth occasionally rearing its head in the verses, whereas the song feels fuller during the chorus. A fantastic synth melody that crops up a couple of times later in the song feels slight underused, however. Also, we have Ambulances, a darker, sadder song with several "aaah..."s and harmonising, but it's all restrained until the last 30 seconds, when the drums smash their way in to send this one out in style. Lastly, Melting Ice has a slightly Pet Shop Boys vibe to it in places, and is another highlight, with a brilliant chorus with the lyrics "Passing clouds hold onto shadows, pouring light on ancient shipwrecks...".

SUMMARY
A lovely, warm, melodic album that is powerful without resorting to smashing drums (much), but instead takes its power from its sheer beauty and its magnificent lyrical imagery, particularly on Moon Palace and 90 Degrees. Maybe one track too long, however (Aces High, I'm looking at you).

SCORE


FAVOURITE TRACKS: White Elephant, Moon Palace, Melting Ice
LEAST FAVOURITE TRACKS: Altitude Blues, Aces High

Hear Gravity The Seducer Now

You can hear Ladytron's fifth album in full on Spotify now, here.

If you don't have Spotify or the stream doesn't work (it didn't for me initially), go to Ladytron's official YouTube page to hear 10 tracks from Gravity the Seducer (Altitude Blues and Aces High aren't up at the time of posting). EDIT: All songs are now up there.

New One Night Only EP?

There are rumours that One Night Only will release a new EP in November this year; I haven't seen anything concrete yet. It is unknown whether it will feature new songs or not. If it does feature new ones, it is possible the songs are Games, Long Time Coming and Night On Earth.

After their fantastic second album, I cannot wait to hear more...

The Whip - Wired Together

Artwork


Tracklist
01. Keep Or Delete
02. Secret Weapon
03. Shake
04. Movement
05. Intensity
06. Riot
07. Metal Law
08. Master Of Ceremonies
09. Best Friend
10. Slow Down

The album is released September 19th.

To hear six tracks (1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10) from the album, go to the band's official website.