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Coldplay talk momentum and defying genre expectations with 'Mylo Xyloto'

Coldplay have opened up about the progression of their career since 'Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends' was released back in 2008.  

Speaking to Radio 1's Zane Lowe, Chris Martin explained how the band needed to keep up a sense of momentum because the three year gap between their last record and their forthcoming offering 'Mylo Xyloto' could have been really tough:

"As soon as we finished Viva La Vida [producer] Brian Eno wrote to us and said, 'We've got to keep going.' He felt like everybody was on a good track. He said, 'I don't want to lose the momentum.'"

"It took us a while to get going with him and [co-producer] Marcus Dravs because we had lost a lot of confidence. By the time we finished that record we were in a good place. We've definitely put in the man hours. We started recording on tour this time."

Martin also talked about the new album's different sound and admitted that playing around with genres was important to them this time around and inspired their collaboration with Rihanna on 'Princess Of China':

"Don't you think that music now shouldn't fall into a particular box? I don't think anyone thinks like that any more. You don't see so many goths, hippies, rockers and hip hoppers any more. People like Kanye [West] are changing the way we all listen and the internet.

"Look at Tinie Tempah. Just the song 'Pass Out' has about eight different types of music in it. This time, we're on our fifth record, we're all in our early to mid-30s so there's an element of, 'If we don't make it now we've got to give up.'

Coldplay and Rihanna's 'Princess Of China' appeared online yesterday and you can check it out in full here: