Steve, I know you are
― Sonicred, Monday, 3 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 20 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 19:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 19:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
The album sounds like ass. I hope people come to their senses ASAP
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 23:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 23:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
At the moment there's a deaths head torpor in their music which makes their album sound like listening to the ghosts of old records. There's nothing about them which leaves a lasting impression other than they have pretty good taste in old vinyl, and that just isn't enough.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 23:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 23:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 6 March 2003 00:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Thursday, 6 March 2003 05:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr Monket (apn99), Thursday, 6 March 2003 10:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 6 March 2003 10:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alan (Alan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 13:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 6 March 2003 15:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zeus, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― elwisty (elwisty), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Bite your tongue Dog, better than the Boo’s? Not a chance in hell!!!!!!!!
Their debut was pretty good but still didn’t break my top 20 for that year. Everything else I can take or leave but have only heard the new one once. They are more Boo Radleys influenced so that is never a bad thing.
― BeeOK (boo radley), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― zeus, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:56 (eighteen years ago) link
You should listen "Arabian Sand" and "The Operator" from the new album.
― zeus, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 10:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Irrelevant Man (Negativa) (Barima), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 11:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 11:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― BeeOK (boo radley), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 11:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 11:12 (eighteen years ago) link
What's the general consensus about these guys in here? A friend lend me on his record collection for a month and I thought this band was pretty decent, after a few listens I discovered I was more willing to listen to them than to any of the other generic britpop bullshit in his collection.
― Moka, Thursday, 2 July 2009 05:38 (fourteen years ago) link
that one track, I think it's called "Skeleton Key?" is pretty classic
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 July 2009 07:50 (fourteen years ago) link
liked a few of the early singles and one or two of that second album. have mostly just ignored them for a long time but new Slant review has me slightly interested. anyone still/ever care?
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nme.com/news/the-coral/52099
Mani introduced the The Coral onstage in Salford last night (July 17), before declaring that their new LP 'Butterfly House' is the "best thing I've heard since the first [Stone] Roses album". He continued: "I honestly think it's the best thing I've heard since the Roses' first album - it makes me wanna drop acid. I really mean it. Proper music made by top musicians."
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 05:51 (thirteen years ago) link
haha, i don't believe him but now i will, at least, have to hear this album.]
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 05:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Surprised this thread isn't way bigger.
I never fully got into this band but I think they unfairly got lumped in with a lot of weak britpop and indie because of how they looked (probably doesn't help that they supported Oasis and Artic Monkeys and had other associations with them and the disappointing Zutons). But they were doing something far more interesting and at best they often managed to capture this amazing atmospheric b-movie vibe but better than those b-movies. The first album had that in spades, the second did nothing for me apart from the beautiful opening track.
Nightfreak And The Sons Of Becker was great fun but they didn't consider it a proper album and said it was just for fun but I liked it more than a lot of their other stuff. Invisible Invasion had some good stuff. I think it had some folk horror stuff going on and I remember they did a really good gig with all that sort of imagery as a cool backdrop.
but the response to their next album was weak and I never heard about them after that.
Anyone heard their recent stuff?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 4 September 2016 12:18 (seven years ago) link
Their first album is classic, never bothered with the rest.
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 4 September 2016 13:28 (seven years ago) link
I haven't heard anything they've done since Bill Ryder-Jones left, but I enjoy the first 4 or 5 releases, particularly the first one and The Invisible Invasion. I do wish they'd done more stuff like 'Skeleton Key', though!
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Sunday, 4 September 2016 13:36 (seven years ago) link
Despite (or rather, because of) coming from the same clutch of small towns on the Wirral as these guys, at the very same time, I've always passed their music by and only started wondering about them recently. I listened to the new album a couple of times yesterday and I like it. It's pretty, but not too much; really well-crafted, with a hint of oddness or at least something a bit different. There's barely a song over 3 minutes long, but they didn't feel slight at all, I was just left, in a good way, wanting to listen to it all again. I guess this isn't a departure for them and I'm perhaps going to be left wondering why I steadfastly ignored them for the past 20+ years. Anyone else heard this new one? What do you more au fait ILXors think?
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 12 August 2018 07:37 (five years ago) link
It's very low key but I quite like it too. If you're into this one I'd suggest Butterfly House is the best of their recent era of relaxed, gently odd albums. Overall their debut remains my favourite but has a rather different sound
― Iain Mew (if), Sunday, 12 August 2018 09:22 (five years ago) link
I liked their first two records at the time. Don’t think you’re the first was a good single
― Abomination Street (Ross), Sunday, 12 August 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
Bill Ryder Jones' new album is fantastic, very different to the others he's done. He seems to getting much more attention this time round.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNUZS8i4MCk
― piscesx, Monday, 5 November 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
A track off West Kirby County Primary came up on my Discover Weekly and for whatever reason, this and Yawn are sounding perfect this afternoon, particularly the latter. That drifting, midwest-emo inflected slowcore is very much my bag.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVIEoQK1U_s
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
Happy to see a revive... I've been listening to Bill Ryder-Jones a lot recently, especially Yawn. Brilliant album and it's been really hitting the spot for me too this summer/autumn. As in my comment above regarding The Coral, I very much regret that I didn't pay more attention to him from the beginning.
― brain (krakow), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 07:55 (three years ago) link
have avoided this lots stuff that's always in the bins, but yesterday after this revival i spotted a mint 2cd edition of 'butterfly house' in a charity shop for 50p, so decided to give it a go.after 3 listens i have decided that it's really enjoyable byrds-esque guitar pop.will probably pick up their other charity bin fillers when i get the chance.
― mark e, Thursday, 10 September 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
Feels like there should be a Bill Ryder-Jones thread. New album is excellent.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 20:31 (two months ago) link
That would be great. I've really come to love his music. We saw him a couple of weeks ago on the low-key album launch solo acoustic dates, which was great, then are catching the 'proper' tour in March as well.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 8 February 2024 19:21 (two months ago) link
Whereas, I finally saw The Coral live in December and was pretty non-plussed, and I wasn't really taken by their most recent album.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 8 February 2024 19:23 (two months ago) link