Toronto – Gawd, when the first Coral album came out in 2002, I couldn’t stop listening to it. It sounded like nothing else out there. It was so fresh..a nice mix of pop, rock, psychedelic and folk. I think that was my favorite record that year. Songs like Dreaming of You, Skeleton Key and Wildfire were steady songs in my rotation for the longest time. The sophmore effort Magic and Medicine was pretty good as well, although obviously with their sound establish it wasn’t as surprising an album as the first one – expectations were pretty high – Bill McCai and Pass it On were pretty standout tracks.
The third album Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker was not really considered a third album by the group, but rather some sort of creative outlet or something. It wasn’t very good, save for the songs Grey Harpoon and Song of the Corn. I guess they’ve had two albums since, the Invisible Invasions was pretty good and I didn’t really listen to Roots & Echoes, which was released in 2007. Basically, in 5 years the band released a whopping 5 albums, an achievement that I think even Ryan Adams would be proud of.
What’s the point of this post? I don’t know, but when looking back at some of the bands from this decade, the Coral were definitely one of the most unique bands that came about.
