Coldplay gets otherworldly on next studio effort 'Music Of The Spheres'

Coldplay have today confirmed the release of their new album, Music Of The Spheres. The band's ninth studio effort will hit stores and streaming services on October 15.

The band announced the Max Martin-produced album on Instagram via a handwritten note alongside an album trailer (available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/lQenG42hyE8) which combines an animated cosmic journey through the album’s planetary artwork with short clips of the album’s 12 tracks.

In May, the band released Higher Power - the first single from Music Of The Spheres - which has been streamed more than 160 million times. The band’s note also revealed the imminent release of an album track called Coloratura on Friday, to be followed by a new single in September.

The band have also revealed the full album tracklisting - with five of the twelve tracks represented by emojis.

Music Of The Spheres

🪐

Higher Power

Humankind

✨

Let Somebody Go

❤️

People Of The Pride

Biutyful

🌎

My Universe

♾️

Coloratura

Music Of The Spheres is available to pre-order now at store.coldplay.com

Coloratura, the 10 1/2-minute closing track, namechecks for Galileo, Oumuamua and Betelgeuse. A lyric video for Coloratura is available on YouTube HERE. The song can be streamed / downloaded HERE.