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The Coral return with a host of live dates, a new single, 'Who's Gonna Find Me' and album, 'Roots & Echoes'. The album and single were recorded at Oasis' Wheeler End Studios and produced by Craig Silvey (The Magic Numbers) during the opening months of 2007 and mixed in London throughout April.
The Coral are one of the UK's most successful bands with 8 top 40 singles (4 top 10 hits) since their debut 'Shadows Fall' in 2001 when the band were still teenagers. The Coral find themselves as the possessors of four top 5 albums - including the mini album 'Nightfreaks and Sons of Becker' and chart-topping 'Magic and Medicine' - at an age when many bands are still breaking through. Lead singer, James Skelly is the oldest member at just 26.
'Roots & Echoes' finds the band invigorated after a period of soul searching following the release of their third studio album, 'The Invisible Invasion'. It was also around this period that one of the founding members Bill Ryder-Jones decided to quit touring with the group leaving the remaining members questioning whether they should continue. Four long years of touring had taken its toll on the band and Bill's temporary departure was the final straw. According to James Skelly, 'If you take one person out of The Coral, it's just not The Coral anymore. By the end of the last tour we were falling apart.' The band took a well deserved break and returned home to Hoylake, Merseyside. Eventually a period of demo-ing new tracks with long term friend and producer Ian Broudie along with continuous encouragement from the likes of Noel Gallagher enabled the band to rediscover their sense of purpose.
The influence of The Coral on a generation of bands is hard to overstate, they returned the art of British pop song writing to the charts and gathered influential fans along the way. One being Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys who has invited the band to support them on their European tour this summer and Lancashire County Cricket Ground shows.
'Roots & Echoes' hums with the confidence of a band newly energised and at ease with themselves, featuring the trademark melodies and confidence which have led to over a million sales across an already stunning career. The band have confirmed a string of live shows through the summer, including a very special one-off date at London's Astoria on June 18th.
'Roots & Echoes' tracklisting:
1. Who's Gonna Find Me
2. Remember Me
3. Put The Sun Back
4. Jacqueline
5. Fireflies
6. In The Rain
7. Not So Lonely
8. Cobwebs
9. Rebecca You
10. She's Got A Reason
11. Music At Night
Also: The Coral official site
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