THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Coldplay have returned with their 10th studio album Moon Music — produced by chart-topping hitmaker Max Martin. The album’s first single, feelslikeimfallinginlove, was released on Friday, June 21, shortly after they played it in public for the first time during a sold-out stadium show at Budapest’s Puskás Aréna.
In tandem with Coldplay’s ground-breaking sustainability measures on their current tour — which has so far produced 59% less CO2 emissions than their previous stadium tour — the band have gone to great lengths to make the physical release of Moon Music as sustainable as possible.
This will be the world’s first album released as a 140g EcoRecord LP, with each copy made from nine recycled PET-plastic bottles recovered from post-consumer waste. This will prevent the manufacture of more than 25 metric tonnes of virgin plastic, and provide an 85% reduction in manufacturing process CO2 emissions/kg compared to traditional 140g vinyl.
Additionally, the band have collaborated with long-time partners The Ocean Cleanup to create an additional format: The Notebook Edition EcoRecord LP. The rPET for this edition comprises 70% river plastic, intercepted by The Ocean Cleanup from the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala, and prevented from reaching the Gulf of Honduras and the Atlantic Ocean.
The CD editions of Moon Music will be the world’s first to be released on EcoCD, created from 90% recycled polycarbonate, sourced from post-consumer waste streams. This will provide at least a 78% CO2/kg emission reduction, and avoid the manufacture of more than five metric tonnes of virgin plastic.
The Notebook Editions come as a casebound hardback book. The book is a faithful replica of Chris Martin’s original studio notebook, featuring 28 pages of unseen notes, lyrics and illustrations from the album’s writing and recording process. The Notebook Editions also include additional voice notes and demos from the album’s recording sessions, providing a special insight into the music’s development.
Moon Music is Coldplay’s first album since 2021’s Music Of The Spheres, which spawned the U.S. No.1 single with BTS, My Universe, and was nominated for Album Of The Year at the Grammy Awards. Music Of The Spheres has accumulated more than four billion streams.”
