the Coral

The album sounds like ass. I hope people come to their senses ASAP

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.

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.

You should listen "Arabian Sand" and "The Operator" from the new album.

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.

that one track, I think it's called "Skeleton Key?" is pretty classic

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?

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."

haha, i don't believe him but now i will, at least, have to hear this album.]

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?

Their first album is classic, never bothered with the rest.

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!

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?

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

I liked their first two records at the time.
Don’t think you’re the first was a good single

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

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

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.

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.

Feels like there should be a Bill Ryder-Jones thread. New album is excellent.

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.

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.