Coldplay to release sustainable new album in October

Coldplay have announced that they will release their new album, Moon Music, on Friday 4 October with an emphasis on sustainability.

The Max Martin-produced album is preceded by the release of the first single, feelslikeimfallinginlove, this Friday, 21 June.

The quartet performed the song for the first time on Sunday night during their sold-out show at Budapest’s Puskás Aréna.

The press release announcing the album said: “In tandem with Coldplay’s ground-breaking sustainability measures on their current tour – which has so far produced 59% less CO2e emissions than their previous stadium tour – the band have gone to great lengths to make the physical release of Moon Music as sustainable as possible.

“This will be the world’s first album released as a 140g EcoRecord rPET LP, with each copy containing nine recycled PET-plastic bottles recovered from post-consumer waste. This will prevent the manufacture of more than 25 metric tonnes of virgin plastic and provide an 85% reduction in manufacturing process CO2 emissions/kg compared to traditional 140g vinyl.

“Additionally, the band have collaborated with long-time partners The Ocean Cleanup to create an additional format: the Notebook Edition EcoRecord rPET LP. The rPET for this edition comprises 70% river plastic, intercepted by The Ocean Cleanup from the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala, and prevented from reaching the Gulf of Honduras and the Atlantic Ocean.

“The CD editions of Moon Music will be the world’s first to be released on EcoCD, created from 90% recycled polycarbonate, sourced from post-consumer waste streams. This will provide at least a 78% CO2/kg emission reduction and avoid the manufacture of more than five metric tonnes of virgin plastic.

“In an effort to reduce waste, the first edition run of Moon Music (both EcoRecord rPET LP and EcoCD) will be strictly limited and produced at a higher specification than any future editions.”

Coldplay will play four shows in Croke Park in late August and early September.

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