U2 Gets On Its Boots for First All-New Full-Length Record in Nine Years, ‘Carnaval de Luz,’ With More Callbacks to Band’s ’90s Peaks Than ’80s Glories: Album Review

“The past and me have got to break up,” Bono sings in the verse that opens “Carnaval de Luz,” U2’s first full-length album of all-new material in nine years. It sounds like a mission statement, doesn’t it? The singer doesn’t linger long on combating nostalgia or breaking out of ingrained patterns, or whatever he means