Leaked: Viva la Vida

About a week ago, I mentioned a quote about Coldplay's new upcoming album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. Admittedly, I'm a big Coldplay fan, and I've been anticipating this for a while.

As it turns out... yesterday, an early copy of the album leaked to the public. Being a terrible person with no morals at all, I immediately downloaded it. And let me tell you, apart from the fact that the leaker screwed up the quality of the first track... It's definitely the best album I've heard all year, and possibly for several.

I'm not going to give you a link to the leak: I encourage all of you to buy this album when it's released on June 17th in the U.S. I know that I will. But man, this is one crazy good album. In the meantime, here are the two singles they've released so far:

Violet Hill
Viva la Vida

No I don't want to battle from beginning to end
I don't want a cycle of recycled revenge
I don't want to follow death and all his friends.

I Hate my Phone

I hate my phone. My RAZR currently can't make it through a 12-hour day after I make like 2 3-minute calls, has bad call quality, and takes several seconds to respond to button-pushing. All signs point to me needing a new phone. Unfortunately, the Verizon RAZR, although sucky, seems to be virtually indestructible...

Guess I'll just need to "lose" it soon. I'll see about that next week, after I go to NYC...

Also, quote of the day, regarding Coldplay's up-and-coming new album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (US release June 17th):

[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends] will cure cancer, solve the energy crisis, and bring 2Pac back to life. Viva La Vida can beat a computer at chess. The simple act of playing it once on your home stereo will increase the value of your property by $100,000, regardless of the quality of nearby public schools or overall trends in the real-estate market. Upon hearing its glorious first tones, all the world's terrorists will lay down their arms and take up baking, channeling their anti-Americanism into the most delicious cookies you've ever tasted.

-New York Magazine, May 27^th, 2008