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Pitchfork 6.0/10 Moon Music demonstrates all the reasons to be sick of Coldplay, and all the reasons they’ll be missed when they finally retire.
NME 4/5 Pop’s biggest optimists fight the blues, highlighting the power of music to weather life’s storms.
Evening Standard 3/5 From soulless stadium bangers to off-beat takes on club music, Coldplay’s 10th album shape-shifts about as much as the planet it’s named after.
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 Moon Music is only 10 songs, but it’s a lot, and that’s the idea — the pop-rock LP as social, psychological, and metaphysical cold-plunge.
The Independent 1/5 The British pop-rock band’s latest effort torpedoes its intentions with some truly groan-inducing lyrics.
All Music 3.5/5 As a sibling set, it does feel like a b-sides, here's-what's-left collection at times, for better or worse. However, for fans clamoring for more of anything from Berryman, Buckland, Champion, and Martin, this'll do the trick.
Clash 8/10 ‘Moon Music’ feels like the best friend who helps you through the dark hours of 3am and takes you through the most beautiful sunrise when daylight breaks.
The Observer 3/5 Chris Martin parks his sense of humour as he communes with the stars and sky on the band’s melody-light, feebly produced latest record.
The Guardian 3/5 Their 10th album has epic songs that make you feel like you’ve climbed Everest – but they’re undermined by corny lyrics and ambient-orchestral waffle.
The Telegraph 3/5 Coldplay’s incessantly optimistic pop with lyrics that sound like Instagram self-help slogans has pulverised any hint of rock inclinations.
The Irish Times 3/5 Moon Music is another album made with stadiums in mind; surface-level lyrics for instant connections.
