Chris Martin
POP / CRAIG JENKINS
Hard Reset
Coldplay gets back
to the business
of shattering hearts.
coldplay is comfort food. The
riffs rock softly but firmly the
way a cradle does. Lead singer Chris
Martin’s voice is pillowy and encourag-
ing like a hug. One of his most memo-
rable lyrics goes, “I will try to fix you.” He
means it. If you’ve forgotten about the
gale-force power of “Fix You,” check out
(or revisit) the video of the band playing
it to the 40,000-seat Allianz Parque in
São Paulo in 2017, as couples, friends,
and families in the crowd hold each
other and weep openly through the
bridge, or watch the clip from ABC’s
Brothers and Sisters (spoiler alert!) of a
politician having a medical emergency
on his way to the hospital where a sur-
rogate is in labor with his adopted child
as the song reaches its climax.You’ll
catch yourself rememberingsomeone
you miss, and you will cry. ThisisChris
Martin’s superpower, the well from
which Coldplay’s hits spring.
Coldplay don’t want to be thisband.
They’ve been running from thesleepy,
sad-bastard excellence of 2000’sPara-
chutes ever since. 2002’s A Rush of
Blood to the Head ramped up theguitars;
2005’s X&Y upped the atmospherics
and spindly post-punk guitar theatricsin PHOTOGRAPH: COLDPLAY/YOUTUBE
Photo:
Jason
Bell
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RONA MUNRO
adapted by
RICHARD EYRE
directed by
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Scenic and Costume Design BOB CROWLEY Lighting Design PETER MUMFORD
Sound Design JOHN LEONARD Video Design LUKE HALLS