Coldplay - 'Hurts Like Heaven'

Coldplay have introduced a comic book series that will continue into 2013 today with a video to accompany the single 'Hurts Like Heaven'. If you’re thirteen and love the idea of rebelling against a one-dimensional 'man', then this will definitely appeal. It's a bit of a surprise that the goodies spread colour (or "color" as the video uses) across an oppressive grey landscape when Coldplay themselves can be described as the ultimate representation of musical "beige" that is currently available on the market.

It's a nicely rendered video with some bright comic book visuals that tries to tie together some of central themes lying behind the slightly daft concept that is Mylo Xyloto. Surely it would have made more sense if the male and female leads were called 'Mylo' and 'Xyloto' though, right?