Coldplay making progress on new album

A month and a half ago, we told you about progress in the happy world of Coldplay. Today, we provide you with some more scraps of information.

Recently, a new hand-written (Although with that handwriting, “hand-scrawled” may be more accurate. We kid!) message was posted on Coldplay.com. The message reveals the names of two more songs: “Famous Old Painters” and “Glass of Water.” The two song titles confirm Paste’s suspicions: the new record is definitely a concept album about Paul Cézanne’s still lifes. You heard it here first.

The message also describes the as-yet-untitled album’s sound and substance: “It feels like a very dense record. There are so many melodies and colours packed into a relatively short space (42 mins). As you’d expect with Brian Eno, there’s experimentation and exploration. But the music still has integrity. It’s real and it’s honest. There’s no posturing or bombast.” The album should be out in the first half of 2008, and after a message like this, no one needs to write a press release.

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