![]() Clearly and very obviously inspired by the Coldplay singer’s recent divorce from actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Coldplay‘s sixth album Ghost Stories is actually a sonic therapy session during which Martin seems to experience pretty much all five stages of grieving especially the last two, depression. ![]() When the final track fades out, offering a wordless, melancholy hymn from a distant choir, Ghost Stories demonstrates the expressive power of understatement. Chris Martin is going through some serious stuff. Instead, Chris Martin's heart-rending falsetto floats along in the haze of synth-washed ambience (as on the entrancing Kid-A influenced Midnight) or sparely accompanied by acoustic instruments (Oceans, O). But aside from the EDM-infused throb of A Sky Full of Stars, the album offers little of the triumphant grandeur that defines the band's stadium filling oeuvre. The band's gift for soaring melodies is evident throughout Ghost Stories - particularly on the magnetic first single, Magic. Stepping back from the blazing energy of 2008's Viva La Vida and 2011's Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay's sixth album is an introspective, bittersweet meditation on love and loss that sounds every bit as spectral as its name suggests.
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