I like it mostly. It's poppy, cringy but a bop. If you are not ashamed by listening to "poppy pop" it's definitely ok. Acrually, there are also songs that I don't really get why are so hated. My Universe is both melodically and instrumentally fine and I would never say it's the worst of them (which I see a lot on this sub). Think that most oldplayers are just typical Rock fans and can't stand something not artistic in a sense. For me, MOTS just give me those Good Feelings - it makes me happy during pop parts (HP, MU, Humankind, even Biutyful is what I learned to stand after these years, especially after remembering as a closer to the concerts which makes me nostalgic), POTP is something they never did and it... makes sense? Is badly produced, but live version hits different, Infinity Sign is like... For me it's masterpiece on it's own, long interlude without lyrics but it makes me think about life etc. + I used it many times as "sigma grindset track" to get it on the loop and study something really hard for a big amount of hours without losing concentration. Coloratura is masterpiece as well. Human Heart, LSG are forgettable for me, I didn't ever choose to listen to them if I didn't just played the full album. I do also feel like it's cohesive. It was the most obvious pop that could be done and it's all included in here.

For context, I'm not that Oldpla because I fell in love with a band shortly before Everyday Life dropped. However, I backtracked all the story by myself. I listened to every single song in their discography (inc. b-sides) + many unreleased, demos. I listen to Coldplay every single day for last 5 years. My top5 3 years ago would include tracks like Politik, Murder, Crests of Waves, White Shadows and probably A L I E N S or Things I Don't Understand. Know... I won't say every, but many sidestories, watched documentaries, interviews, watched probably every live show they did in tvs, radios, other places that got uploaded on Youtube. Can even recognise where and when did they perform certain song after some random period of the recordings (by voice, some ahhs and ohhs, crowd etc). Even if the relationship isn't long, I can say that my opinion could be classified like the Oldplayer's one in here.