Coldplay it again

The ironic appreciation of Coldplay I hinted at here is bourne out in this Pitchfork review:

Coldplay are arguably the world's biggest rock band, so according to my indie rock guidebook, I should treat them with smugness and derision. In the past, Pitchfork has only given them compliments as if they were confessions-- and the site wasn't alone (or necessarily wrong), either.

I know lowercase has been listening to the album - how is it?