The Coral
Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Paul Molloy
PAUL MOLLOY is something of a psychedelic pop gentleman around town. He wielded six strings in a later incarnation of The Zutons, who of course gave us that song for Amy Winehouse to conquer just about everything with. He’d come up through the Liverpudlian scene ranks, having previously being a member of both cult buzz …
ALBUM REVIEW: Paul Molloy – ‘The Fifth Dandelion’: psych-pop sunshine beamed forward from ’68
SOMEONE put music journalist and band connections-mapper Pete Frame on speed dial, because the various groovy psych-pop iterations spiralling off from The Wirral’s The Coral are like a Mandelbrot set these days and more than worthy, surely, of one of his fantastic Rock Family Trees. Besides the sprawling, sea-shanty psych majesty of The Coral themselves, …
SEE: Paul Molloy – ‘My Madonna’: ’68 psych-pop finery
THEY get absolutely bloody everywhere, these Coral boys. Turn your back for so much as a second and another one of them has stepped out from beneath the psychedelic skirts of the main band to bring you their own personal set of finely crafted tunes. Drummer Ian Skelly brought us his second, Drifter’s Skyline, just …
ALBUM REVIEW: Ian Skelly – ‘Drifter’s Skyline’: Coral man takes a country-psych sabbatical
THEY came rushing off the Wirral back in 2002 – was it really that long ago now? – with the woozy and seductive psych shanties of “Dreaming Of You” and “Spanish Main”, brimming with swagger and confidence like a young Stone Roses. They knew they were good. Since then The Coral, its side projects and …
See: The Coral release video for “Reaching Out For A Friend”
The Coral have revealed their new video for their recent single, taken from the Move From The Dan Album. “Reaching Out For A Friend” has been animated together with Ian Skelly (the band’s drummer who is responsible for the band’s artwork) : It’s an amazing mix of psychedelia and invention, and suits the song perfectly. …
See: The Coral reveal new video for ‘Move through the dawn’
The Coral – Move Through The Dawn The Coral have announced details of their new album, ‘Move Through The Dawn’, to be released on August 17th on Ignition Records. ‘Sweet Release’, the first single to be taken from the album is available now to stream or download and features gritty guitar sounds than we have …
News: The Coral to release new album and announce UK tour in 2016 – watch teaser
After a five year hiatus, Liverpool’s The Coral return with a new album, a tour and a new member. Their eighth album, Distance Inbetween, is out on March 4th via Ignition Records. The follow up to 2010’s Butterfly House, it was recorded in Liverpools Parr Street Studios with co-producer Richard Turvey, where the band worked …