U2
Easter Lily

THE REVIEW

On Good Friday 2026, a lily blossoms from the land of U2.

Miracle? Mah… if it had to be, maybe it would have been released on Easter Sunday. Because here, let’s be clear, there’s no hint of resurrection.

This EP also floats in that artistic limbo of their career that has long lost any connection to rock, but at least it doesn't sink to the depths of the two "song of…". And that, already, is almost good news.

As in the previous Days of Ash, the lyrics are very profound, but this time more introspective, dealing with themes such as hope, friendship, spirituality, loss, and transcendence (the last two, Bono says, inspired by the album “Easter” by Patty Smith).

On the positive side, there are, here and there, some interesting sounds and more essential, though still refined, arrangements. But above all, no trashiness. A historic event, considering the long list amassed in the last phase of their career, starting from Elevation all the way to American Obituary, and passing through various Vertigo, Get On Your Boots, Volcano, The Miracle, The Showman). Trashiness—of which, as I was about to listen to the E.P., I was quite afraid. On the negative side, there's Bono’s now consolidated tendency to fill every single space in the tracks, with lyrics of biblical length and an obsessive search for a catchy chorus.

The best tracks are Scars (though in the chorus it flirts a bit too much with Coldplay), Resurrection Song (nice Edge-style intro riff at his best), and Easter Parade, almost seamlessly connected to Resurrection Song, only to get lost in the usual "Songs of…" style chorus.

The other tracks range from déjà-vu to negligible.

In conclusion, this E.P. is not a miracle. But a ray of sunshine in the dark tunnel of the U2000? That it is.