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Bought this yesterday and it's definitely up there with THe Coral (debut album), for me. Some of the songs have a depth that they're simply not reached before. It's hopefully a sign of things to come from Skelly and chums.
For those of you who have the first album, it's more like I remember when then Dreaming of you, but that hasn't cost them anything in terms of overall genius.
Their best, however, is clearly So Long Ago. It's what The Coral do best - feel good (for want of a better description), upbeat guitar songs that stick with you. I can see it becoming my favourite song by the dirty scousers.
So yeah, if you've got a tenner and you're a Coral fan, pick it up. Or even go the extra yard and spend about £13 on the special edition with the live disk included. It's all the rage, nowadays.
For those of you who have the first album, it's more like I remember when then Dreaming of you, but that hasn't cost them anything in terms of overall genius.
Their best, however, is clearly So Long Ago. It's what The Coral do best - feel good (for want of a better description), upbeat guitar songs that stick with you. I can see it becoming my favourite song by the dirty scousers.
So yeah, if you've got a tenner and you're a Coral fan, pick it up. Or even go the extra yard and spend about £13 on the special edition with the live disk included. It's all the rage, nowadays.
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Back on form, then?
Currently I'm trying to dig below the surface. Yeah, The Coral and others are pretty good and usually I'd buy their CDs. But for the mo, I'm trying to see if there's anything good that haven't been discovered yet, from the past 8-ish years.
Plus I'm patching up the gaps with albums I really should have bought ages ago.
I sampled some music for XFM, Virgin and people recently and the songs which I hadn't heard before were atleast of a decent listenable standard even if they're not the next big thing. Perhaps a good mini-era of music.
Plus I'm patching up the gaps with albums I really should have bought ages ago.
I sampled some music for XFM, Virgin and people recently and the songs which I hadn't heard before were atleast of a decent listenable standard even if they're not the next big thing. Perhaps a good mini-era of music.
I'm actually quite enjoying music at the moment. I'm into all that Libertines stuff, and there are a lot of bands coming out now that are trying to copy their style of music - which I'm not against. Hell, it just means I've got a wider range of CDs to pick from when I pop down to HMV.
...Like the majority of other bands at the moment.
Oh yeah, another comparison I can come up with is that it sounds a lot like Calendars and Clocks..
I'm glad that it's not all feel good, happy happy music, though. Yes, their happy music does utterly pwn the rest of their works, but if it was all dreaming of you and in the morning, they'd be a bit crap, wouldn't they?
I'm glad that it's not all feel good, happy happy music, though. Yes, their happy music does utterly pwn the rest of their works, but if it was all dreaming of you and in the morning, they'd be a bit crap, wouldn't they?
I've come to like The Coral of late and will probably be getting both their albums. And yes, it is happy, feel good music they do best.
Bought this yesterday and it's definitely up there with THe Coral (debut album), for me. Some of the songs have a depth that they're simply not reached before. It's hopefully a sign of things to come from Skelly and chums.
For those of you who have the first album, it's more like I remember when then Dreaming of you, but that hasn't cost them anything in terms of overall genius.
Their best, however, is clearly So Long Ago. It's what The Coral do best - feel good (for want of a better description), upbeat guitar songs that stick with you. I can see it becoming my favourite song by the dirty scousers.
So yeah, if you've got a tenner and you're a Coral fan, pick it up. Or even go the extra yard and spend about £13 on the special edition with the live disk included. It's all the rage, nowadays.
For those of you who have the first album, it's more like I remember when then Dreaming of you, but that hasn't cost them anything in terms of overall genius.
Their best, however, is clearly So Long Ago. It's what The Coral do best - feel good (for want of a better description), upbeat guitar songs that stick with you. I can see it becoming my favourite song by the dirty scousers.
So yeah, if you've got a tenner and you're a Coral fan, pick it up. Or even go the extra yard and spend about £13 on the special edition with the live disk included. It's all the rage, nowadays.
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