The Coral live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London (Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever)
The Coral will head out on tour after the release of their new album Move Through The Dawn on August 17th.
The band plan on visiting Newcastle, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, London, Liverpool and Manchester in October. Touring behind their previous record, Distance Inbetween, is set to form a strong part of this campaign with an accompanying book entitled Into The Void, the third from keyboard player Nick Power.
“There are moments on a tour when things suddenly become crystal clear,” an extract reads. “You’ll be ghosting down a strip of tarmac somewhere in the early hours, half asleep, and it’ll hit you collectively, like some shared hallucination.”
“On a motorway between Leeds and Newcastle, we’re talking about production for the next album. It’s about two o’clock in the morning and we’ve just passed the Angel of the North, the huge iron siren and pagan-like gateway to the Tyneside area. Seeing something that mysterious can bring about a change in the way you think, if you know what I mean.”
“Nobody can see each other’s faces. We’re just voices in the dark, talking excitedly. Like we’ve been jolted into life suddenly: ‘I’ve been recording a lot of guitars just going straight into the desk lately. Theres no amplifier spill. It sounds unbelievable.We should try that for the new album’.”
Tour dates:
October
3 – Newcastle, Riverside
5 – Birmingham, O2 Institute
6 – Leeds, Beckett Students Union
7 – Sheffield, Leadmill
9 – Bristol, SWX
11 – London, KOKO
12 – Liverpool, University The Mountford Hall
13 – Manchester, Albert Hall