(by James Montgomery)
So, you may have noticed — because they've been covered in every conceivable medium as of late — that Coldplay seem to have adopted a certain "look" to go along with their new album, Viva la Vida: tattered waistcoats, multicolored armbands, epaulets for days. Basically, they look like extras in "Les Mis" or Adam Ant's backing band or even a more stylized version of Pat Patriot.
And I'm OK with that. There's obviously a revolutionary undercurrent to Viva, what with the Delacroix painting on the cover and the references to deposed French king Charles X in the title track, and we commend them for their dedication to that theme. But do they really have to be that, well, dedicated?
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