I have a dig/no dig relationship with this band. I think I was in my pop psychaledia phase at the time I first heard them because after I read an article in the NME in 2002 which mentioned comparisons with The Doors, The Kinks and Paul Weller, I had to get their eponymous debut. I of course loved it. What really impressed me was the first time I watched them live. They opened for Supergrass at the Kool Haus (March 2003) and this being their first tour of North America one could tell they wanted to prove they weren’t just hype. I came out of that show being much more impressed with The Coral, which is saying a lot seeing as I’m a big fan of Supergrass.

Let’s hop in the Delorian and jump to 2007 past ‘Magic and Medicine’ and ‘The Invisible Invasion’ with enough time to save Doc Brown and purchase ‘Roots and Echoes’. As an album it is listenable, much more than their past couple releases but a track that really stands out is ‘Cobwebs’. One thing about The Coral that I’ve noticed over the years, there seems to be an innocence about them amidst their mostly dark-psych-folk driven music. Cobwebs is a perfect example this, it’s a simple song with a breezy melody and a shuffling beat. Combine this almost cutesy lyrics like ‘There’s a place where the creatures play I’m going there at the end of the day’, you cant help but nod your head and tap your feet.

 

 The Coral - Cobwebs: Play Now