Album Of The Week: The Coral – Coral Island


The Coral Island




The Coral’s new double LP has been racking up positive reviews during the build-up to release, and its our pick of the albums we’ve reviewed on these pages during the past seven days. Revisit the feature and have a listen via Spotify.

“Mainstays of British alternative music for nearly twenty years, The Coral purposely walk out of step with whatever is regarded as cool that week.”

“They’ve always offered glimpses of their unique viewpoint, whether it be of hickory docks or of gypsy market blues, but it has only ever been allowed to be witnessed from afar, a netherworld of mischief. No more.”

“On Coral Island we are specifically and cordially invited into their world across 24 tracks. For those intimidated by the time required to commit to such an undertaking, fear not; nine of the said tracks are interludes, narrated by the grandfather of the Skelly brothers. As we navigate the funfair of the island, the album clocks in at under an hour.”

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