When
Coldplay frontman
Chris Martinvisited BBC Radio 1 earlier this month, he revealed that the band's long-awaited fifth LP could be their "last big shot".
Coldplay recently released the holiday-themed song and video "Christmas Lights" and are slated to perform a string of secret dates in the U.K. as part of a homelessness awareness charity campaign. It has taken Coldplay four albums and 10 years to get around to it, but the band have confirmed they are finally on the verge of releasing their "concept" album.
The band have been working with
U2 producer
Brian Eno, with whom they have "spent a year making a lot of noise."
Martin said that the sound of the album will be markedly different from the grandiose sounds on Coldplay's previous album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. "It's a concept album but it's supposed to be very personal within a big framework
Martin conceded that there had been some false starts: “We spent a year making a lot of noise. You know those things in a fairground where you have bran in a tub and in there are some hidden prizes? That’s sort of where we are at.”