Coldplay: 'Every Teardrop is a Waterfall'

For an alt-pop-rock band, Coldplay certainly know how to play the media. Since the back-end of 2010 they've been making noises that their first work since 2008's Viva la Vida was on the horizon, teasing plans of a "risky" concept album (shortly before rubbishing the idea) and leaving a number of mysterious clues on their Twitter page. Finally unveiling a taster of their new material, does 'Every Teardrop' live up to the hype?

If nothing else, they're not ashamed to admit that the record has proved a tricky beast to tackle. "I turn the music up/ I got my records on/ I shut the world outside," Chris Martin chants over delicate synths and a dreamy, melodic piano riff pilfered from Peter Allen's 'I Go to Rio'. As drums, acoustics and electric guitars gradually permeate through, the result is an anthemic pop-rock ditty not too dissimilar to Viva's 'Lovers in Japan' - which for Coldplay fans in 2011, is probably the best comeback they could hope for.

Listen to Coldplay's 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall' below: