With the use of Spotify, I have been able to discover some incredible bands and artists I didn't even know existed. Each time I discover something or someone new, I learn. My appreciation broadens and my spectrum of preference grows. I kind of see it as I have this heart, and every time I find a new music I love, it grows. I am open to seeing the world through the perspective of an artist and sometimes by listening to their work, I learn things about the world and myself I never knew before. It can be a very enlightening and gratifying experience.
I discovered this band that I will write about once I finish all of their albums. I basically started the process ass backwards by listening to their most recent album first and the only one I have yet to listen to is their first album. The thing with this band is each album is different from the other and the listener really needs time to sit with each album and experience it in its entirety. I kind of view it as having a torrid love affair in which you need to have your way with and bask in it's glory before you can move onto the next. Each album is a concept and has meaning behind it, however it can been seen differently by one individual to the next. If I never looked up about the artist I wouldn't have known what the actual meanings are because it's all relative. It's life. It means something to me.....it means something to you. We all have our differences yet we still feel the same things.
MYLO XYLOTO....yes, Coldplay's latest album. I'm obsessed. Have you listened to it yet? If you haven't, then you should. It is completely different from all their previous albums....the sound, the energy, it's different; yet the core of it still them....you still feel WHO they are. When bands are around for a long time, it is hard for them not to experiment and try new things.....hell, I think they SHOULD and not get criticized for it. Life happens and those experiences change and add more to who you are. We grow up....we continue to grow up until the day our lives end. I am a different person from when I was 21, versus 24, versus 27. It's not just the number of years you are that changes, it what has happened during those years that affect and mold who you are today.
I first connected with Coldplay my freshman year of college with A Rush of Blood to the Head. That album is very melancholy and exudes heartbreak. At that time, my boyfriend broke up with me and it was the perfect album to listen to because each song pretty much describes the pain of missing and/or losing someone. That was the first time I ever experienced pain and heartache like that and it was also one of the first times I connected with music that on level. You know, when you hear it and think, "Oh my gosh! This is exactly how I feel. These words were written for me." I know, I know, I was 18...give me a break. I liked all the other albums Coldplay continued to make, but I didn't connect with them like I did with A Rush of Blood to the Head. I heard they were coming out with a new album and some people were pissing themselves in excitement. I thought, big freaking deal, who gives a shit. Actually, I forgot they were even coming out with the new album until Monday morning it was buzzing all over FB. I decided to give it a whirl and I was pleasantly suprirsed. They teamed up with the ever most talented Brian Eno and hit it out of the park. The ambient flow of deep beats, string instruments and a strong bass rocks to your core.
I've done a lot of changing and growing from the first time I connected with Coldplay. I don't know if the person I was when I was 18 would have liked this particular album so that is what I am trying to convey here: growth. No one stays the same. Just because you are 30 or 40 doesn't mean you are done growing up. Just because Chris Martin peaked and became a multi-Grammy winner at whatever age doesn't mean his talent has stopped growing. As I mentioned before we grown until the day we die. By discovering new music and broadening my spectrum I learn more about who I am and what I really like. I'm not saying I don't like what I liked before....I do. My heart just keeps growing and my love just keeps spreading. I can only imagine what in a few years it will be like to read this. I know I am not done discovering. I'm not done growing. I'm not done getting better at who I am and living a life I love. With each new thing that comes our way, we have the chance to see the beauty in life like we never saw it before. We have the chance to be better....to learn and become more of who we are.
That was winded....I was on a roll this Friday afternoon. Alright, I'll leave you with a few songs from Mylo Xyloto that kind of embody the feel of the album. It's good fucking shit.
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