Just because you don't have a new album coming out doesn't mean you can't be part of Black Friday, so Coldplay is offering this EP with an expanded edition of "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," plus all by its lonesome. Six tracks are leftovers from the Brian Eno-produced "Vida" sessions, many of which make noticeable, if not exactly terrifying, departures from the band's swelling rockery. "Life in Technicolor ii" (which is a song, Chris Martin cracks on the band's Web page) gets words, "Glass of Water" is unusually bombastic, and "Rainy Day" sports a jittery electro beat in the vein of U2's "Zooropa." Elsewhere, "Lost+" finds Jay-Z paying forward Chris Martin's guest spot on his "Beach Chair" in curious, if inessential, fashion. It's the only Coldplay song to date to bring up Bobby Brown, but that sort of welcome cognitive dissonance seems to be where this "March" is headed. —Jeff Vrabel