“We boarded a ghost train with T. S. Eliot, The Kinks and Karloff and we came out the other side with this baroque’n’roll organ riff ringing in our ears,“ James Skelly of The Coral says.
The Coral are broadcasting Vacancy from Coral Island, the latest preview of their new album ahead of its release on April 30th.
Faceless Angel and the gorgeous Lover Undiscovered have already previewed the double LP after recording sessions at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool.
It’ll be the follow-up to 2018’s Move Through The Dawn, on which The Coral continued to ‘operate on their own terms’ according to Live4ever’s review:
“There isn’t an ounce of fat on Move Through The Dawn,” it reads. “Eyes Of The Moon should by rights be another minute longer than it is, the haunting flute breathing throughout the track giving glimpse of ideas abandoned.”
“Likewise, Undercover Of The Night (sadly not a Stones tribute) is little more than a short but sweet chant, adding layers to the music as it ticks along.”
“Outside Of My Window sounds huge, reminiscent of the drama that Phil Spector incorporated into pop music, and Stormbreaker puts the bass, so steadfastly and consistently supplied by Paul Duffy, the unsung hero of the band, high in the mix, both holding the song together and standing out from its foreboding company.
“It stomps whilst simultaneously kissing the sky.”