New Coldplay - "The Goldrush"

For the latest dispatch from Coldplay's seemingly bottomless reservoir of Viva La detritus, Chris Martin passes the mic to drummer Will Champion and lets him have a moment out in front. It's not so much a Martin ego-check as a recognition that the Champ's got a nice voice for songs like this one, a relatively (i.e. deliberately, self-consciously) ramshackle and loosey-goosey late-night sing-along, "The Goldrush." (Remember Will sang the rootsy, sketch of a b-side "Death Will Never Conquer" at...

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