New Coldplay studio album set for October release
Coldplay's fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto (pronounced my-lo zy-letoe), will be released in the U.S. on October 25, 2011 by Capitol Records. Produced by Markus Dravs, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson, with enoxification and additional composition by Brian Eno, Mylo Xyloto follows 2008's Viva La Vida, which charted at number one in 36 countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
Mylo Xyloto will be released in digital, CD and vinyl formats. The 180-gram vinyl edition will include a 12" x 36" poster. A special limited edition Pop-Up Album version will also be available, which will include a 12" x 12" hardback book containing graffiti pop-up art designed by David A. Carter, vinyl, CD and exclusive content including photographs, excerpts from the studio diary and the band's personal notebooks. The "reversible" cover art was just revealed at Coldplay.com. Half of the CDs will be packaged with the full color artwork as the cover while the other 50% will have the CD booklet flipped, showing the silver initials "M X" via a die-cut sheet placed over the color image.
"Paradise," the follow-up to Coldplay's current single, "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall," was released as a commercial single on September 12, and shipped to radio the same day.
Coldplay-–comprising Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin-–is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Billboard, on stands as of press time. The band has sold more than 50 million records worldwide and won seven GRAMMY® Awards, six Brit Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards.
Source: press release; www.coldplay.com
Mylo Xyloto will be released in digital, CD and vinyl formats. The 180-gram vinyl edition will include a 12" x 36" poster. A special limited edition Pop-Up Album version will also be available, which will include a 12" x 12" hardback book containing graffiti pop-up art designed by David A. Carter, vinyl, CD and exclusive content including photographs, excerpts from the studio diary and the band's personal notebooks. The "reversible" cover art was just revealed at Coldplay.com. Half of the CDs will be packaged with the full color artwork as the cover while the other 50% will have the CD booklet flipped, showing the silver initials "M X" via a die-cut sheet placed over the color image.
"Paradise," the follow-up to Coldplay's current single, "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall," was released as a commercial single on September 12, and shipped to radio the same day.
Coldplay-–comprising Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin-–is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Billboard, on stands as of press time. The band has sold more than 50 million records worldwide and won seven GRAMMY® Awards, six Brit Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards.
Source: press release; www.coldplay.com
