come straight to me
new song + album announce + coldplay + cool
Hello!
Let’s get this out of the way - I announced last week that my album is coming out December 12th. It’s called ‘How Can We Lose When We’re So Sincere?!’.
I’ll talk a lot more about it soon, but in the meantime listen to ‘Come Straight To Me’
This song came a bit later in the album process, but is indicative of the ~vibe~ I suppose. I really wanted to make the late night headphone album I’d been meaning to make for years. I hope you all like it.
I saw Coldplay last week. The last time I saw Coldplay was in 2009 (!), when I was 12 years old. My dad took me to Auckland and I got the day off school. I love them dearly. They were one of the first bands I remember being aware of as a child, and then the first band that I really followed as a fully fledged fan. In the lead up to Viva La Vida, I would come home from school and consume every bit of information that I could. My interest waned as I got deeper into my teenage years - but when Ghost Stories came out, I was 17 or 18, and I’d just experienced my first heartbreak. I found a lot of comfort in the Gwyneth Paltrow breakup album.
They’ve released a lot of garbage since then but I’ve always found it difficult to hate them. They’re an easy target for people, and I get it. It can feel completely insane to compare something from their first few albums to the Max Martin/Stargate produced tracks of recent times. The new stuff certainly isn’t for me. I tend to give it a quick listen and go, “Oh yeah they’re still doing that, good for them.”
The show was kind of amazing. It was A Bit Weird at times. The puppets and EDM sections are a bit much, and I do Believe In Love but they really lay it on thick. I cried twice though lol.
The number one thing that draws me to music is the connection with an audience. I’ve always said that I’m not sure if I would make music if I knew no one would ever hear it. It is cathartic to get it out of my system for sure, but the real magic is when someone can hear it and feel what I’m feeling. 50,000 people singing along to Yellow is undeniable, I don’t care how corny the rest of it is.
If someone tells me about a Cool new band that everyone is talking about, my first reaction is usually to scrunch up my face. I have an aversion to Cool. I don’t think making music is Cool. It’s embarrassing and vulnerable, but that’s the point - you put yourself out there and you reach for something. The best music is made when you leave everything behind and jump off the cliff.
I went to the Bar Italia show earlier this year and it just got me down. It was fine, they sounded pretty good, but I couldn’t get a grasp on why they were there. And seeing a young trendy crowd fall head over heels for them, it all felt like a kind of cosplay. We were all pretending for a night that we were the cool kids, and we weren’t in New Zealand, we were in New York!
I don’t have the patience for it. I’ll always pick the cheesy emotional thing over that.
More about the album soon - there aren’t any more singles to be released but I might put something up here/on the discord for the real heads.
And if you’re in Auckland, I’m opening for Artemas next week at The Powerstation. I’m working towards proper headline shows for next year, but I got asked to play this and figured I could get some practice in. Tickets are ‘selling quick’ I believe.
ILY,
Eddie