> ‘Everyday Life’ review Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnist wee K KY en I was looking through my email last fall, I saw Coldplay's newsletter (The Coldplay Messenger) and it surprisingly announced that the band would release another album. In their 2018 documentary, Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams, the band hinted that they might retire... yet it seems that they were still open to doing another album. Their new album—Everyday Life—has a great unique style that I have not heard ina very long time. Their new melodies tackle various topics and could be a soundtrack for anyone’s typical day. The album is split into two sections: “Sunrise” and “Sunset.” As with all of Coldplay’s albums, the album ends with a reprise of the first track. The first instrumental is epic and majestic, revealing that we are about to go through a journey of current everyday life. “Church” is the first track following the instrumental and it feels like the beginning of a new day—it is something that you could listen to during your morning routine. The “Sunrise” section talks about the immigration crisis in Europe, discussing the many people fleeing their home countries to find a safe place to live. There were references to this topic in the next three songs, especially in “Daddy,” which talks about a kid trying to find his father while he is in the middle of the ocean. It is one of the saddest songs that the band has made. The music video of “Daddy” is mind blowing and has stop-motion animation by Aardman Animations. In “Arabesque” the theme of everyday life is continued as the music symbolizes that the sun is rising near the end of the piece. The finishing verse features a funky sound when the horns blast very loud, and is mixed with synth sounds. Belgian popstar Stromae makes an appearance in this piece, singing the same song in French. The “Sunrise” section ends with a very religious song that signals that the service is Over. After a few transitional sounds, the “Sunset” section begins with a protest song called “Guns.” The verses of this song resemble the ruling of a trial and in the chorus, lead singer Chris Martin protests against the idea of putting more guns in the street. It is followed by another protest song and my favourite song in the album, “Orphans,” which talks about trying to get Have an idea for a story? M arts@theotherpress.ca e ‘The Great Gatsby’ movie review e “Everyday Life’ review e ‘You’ Season 2 review ..and more home and getting back to having fun times. It is the type of song that you would sing in a protest due to its’ catchy chorus: “T want to know when I can go back and get drunk with my friends.” There additionally is a bit of soul music in “BrokEn” and “Cry Cry Cry,’ which both are nostalgic of a 1960s blues sound. As mentioned before, the album ends with a reprise of “Church” called “Everyday Life” a song that exemplifies that every person’s life has lots of similarities. Fittingly, the last track sounds like the end of the day. Everyday Life’ music video still The album overall had more instrumentals than lyrical songs, and there is a lot of sampling throughout it. When the album was released, the band performed it in Jordan on a live stream during sunrise and sunset in accordance with the album's two sections. The live stream is like the visual version of the album. Everyday Life will resonate with everyone and while it is not the band’s best album, it is enjoyable and can be played in the background. The reasons you should not have a divorce » What I learned from ‘Marriage Story’ Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnist No has changed their approach for releasing their original films. Now they release them in the movie theatres first before making them available on the streaming service. One could hope that with this move, Netflix is saying that they do not want to replace movie theatres and still want everyone to see films on the big screen because movies have a different impact viewed in such a context. Their new approach to movies has seemingly worked for their recent offerings of films, seeing how many got nominations in the Academy Awards this year. The list of nominated films includes Noah Baumbach’s recent film, Marriage Story. This film, which is nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, is Kramer vs, Kramer for a modern generation. It is like one of Baumbach’s previous films, The Squid and the Whale, except that it is based on his marriage with his previous wife rather than his childhood. It follows Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) through the rockiness of their divorce—the downfall of the marriage, going through the legal process, and determining who will have custody of their son, Henry (Azhy Robertson). Charlie is a theatre director that uses the revenue from his successful theatre company to sustain his family. Nicole is an actress that works in his productions and isa key part of their success. When Nicole moves back to Los Angeles with Henry, their case gets more interesting. The film shows the struggle Charlie and Nicole have while trying to decide if they should go through the divorce process or just try to resolve the situation themselves. The film shows that marriage law is very vague and, as in Charlie and Nicole’s case, going through such complications can cause couples to want to give up on the process entirely. Their trial was supposed to happen in New York City since they lived there most of the time and when they negotiated the details of their trial, their lawyers explained legal terms and made revelations which made their situation even worse. Additional impressive performances come from Nicole’s lawyer, Nora Fanshaw, who is played by Golden Globe winner and possibly Academy Award winner Laura Dern. She takes care of her clients, sends crafted documents, and even flirts with other lawyers wearing risqué clothes. Charlie’s lawyers included Jay Marotta (Ray Liotta) who told him to lie about his story and Bert Spitz (Alan Alda) who was very generous and looked promising to Charlie. Both Charlie and Nicole had a lot of opportunities to resolve their situation and if they had taken one of them, they would still be married. When I was watching the film, I was trying to figure out who to feel bad for. I was going to feel bad for Charlie but after watching it, I did not feel bad for any of them. Most of Baumbach’s films are filmed in New York City, which is why this film highlights the debate between New York values and Los Angeles values. There is a scene where we see Charlie eating pizza like a sandwich, and when | saw the film, I had pizza and ate it like that. Divorce is a lot of work and Marriage Story is an example that you should try to resolve your situation outside of court. Marriage Story is available now on Netflix.