The Coral "The Coral" (2002)
What the what?!
Another situation where I was familiar with the name but for some reason
assumed this band was one of the indie rock groups making the scene at
the time; far from it! This album mixes a punky raucousness with melodic
sensibility. Musical control with wild abandon. The whole thing is
smothered in vocal harmonies which is something that (if you're keeping
track) I love.
"Goodbye" has jazzy fusiony vamps. "Shadows Fall"
has a Specials-esque bit of moody two-tone with folky vocals that
suddenly launch into a burst of hot jazz and plays out with a cool
ping-pong vocal thing. "I Remember When"
moves between slow morose alt-rock and bursts into an explosive almost
punky rock for the chorus and rounds out on a sort of klezmer section.
It's a definite "all sounds considered" approach that wraps in rock,
folk, jazz, balladry, reggae, sea shanty, indie rock. Music for the
sake of music, and I love it!
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