If you’re getting the sense, now, that ‘Ghost Stories’ is a Coldplay album that lacks much of the band’s own identity, you’re right on the money: from moments that recall Bon Iver to others which summon the aesthetic of previous producer Brian Eno but stop short of his spirit, Martin’s morose men have rarely been so invisible on their own material. The other Big Electronic Number on ‘Ghost Stories’ is ‘Midnight’, a mid-set affair that finds the core foursome flirting with Jon Hopkins’ textural techno, with the outcome something a lot like M83. The result, ‘A Sky Full Of Stars’, is essentially Stadium Rock Does Calvin Harris. Unfortunately Chris Martin is no Thom Yorke, and he’s stretched himself creatively only so far as to collaborate with Swedish house producer Avicii. On ‘Ghost Stories’, it could be argued that Coldplay are, likewise, ‘going dance’. ![]() Remember when Radiohead ‘went dance’, via a rummage around the Warp back catalogue? The result was 2000’s ‘Kid A’ – confusing at first, but ultimately an essential LP in the band’s evolution.
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