A L I E N S- Coldplay Review

With the new Kaleidoscope EP coming out at an indefinite date later in the summer, Coldplay of course had to release almost every song on it as a single. The first two were disappointing, Something Just Like This being horrible(the Tokyo Remix for the EP not being much better), and Hypnotised being a bit weird and unappealing. All I Can Think About Is You was okay, but there wasn't much reason to anticipate this song(Kaleidoscope's companion, A Head Full of Dreams only had one good song, Adventure of a Lifetime) except its cool name.


When I heard this song, I was pretty excited. The song wouldn't seem out of place on Mylo Xyloto(it was produced by Brian Eno), with its shimmery synths and electric guitar, but adds a few new and important elements(and a few bad ones). The song has a relatively fast beat that wouldn't seem out of place on a Twenty One Pilots Song, and a bass line that gives the song a lot of depth which Coldplay doesn't often have, and both of these drive the song along. The guitar also works very well to add a dreamy but slightly urgent tone to the song. The vocals on most of the song sound very good(it's Chris Martin, after all) and give the song a lot of its tone, but they turn weird towards the end don't make much sense beyond the glaringly obvious message about immigrants and refugees. The song also has a few bad synths that sound like an old pacman machine dying, which certainly don't help the song.

Overall, the song is the best yet(the only one left is Miracles, a collaboration with rapper Big Sean), and has a lot better instrumentation than most other Coldplay songs, and also revives their mostly good Mylo Xyloto song. It's a good song, but with Adventure of a Lifetime and maybe All I Can Think About Is You and Up&Up it doesn't quite make up for the mostly mediocre to terrible songs on A Head Full of Dreams and Kaleidoscope.