Review: The Coral, Distance Inbetween
The Coral - an odd band for me - some of their stuff I love and some, if I am honest, I find extremely dull.
The band has written some of my personal favourite songs which bring back memories of the Liverpool indie clubs of Liverpool where I was a student.
'Bill McCai', 'Jacqueline' and 'Dreaming of You' are some of the best songs of that early 2000s period - and yes I admit you could regularly see me throwing some truly terrible shapes dancing to these.
But then Bill Ryder-Jones left the band in 2012 and they lost me a little - well a lot actually.
So when the new record Distance Inbetween came out I approached it with a little caution and no real expectation.
And I really shouldn't have, it is brilliant.
It's very much The Coral back doing what they do best.
'Miss Fortune', 'Holy Revolution' and 'Fear Machine' are stand out songs on a largely solid rock album, on which you couldn't really say there is a bad track.
This is a really good comeback album, and if you liked The Coral before, then you'll love this.
They recently played the Birmingham O2, which for the reasons above I refrained from buying tickets for, however, after hearing this latest offering, I think I may well be visiting Sound City in Liverpool where the Merseysiders are the headline act.
