Coral Island

"Sprinkled with the sound of distant seagulls and Hawaiian guitars for good measure, along with vivid storytelling, it's a bold move for The Coral to come out with something so intricate at this stage of their career, even taking the time to pen an accompanying book. But immerse yourself in this heavily themed epic and you'll be rewarded with a nostalgic trip that showcases some of their most adventurous writing to date".

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"Coral Island is the band at their best, effortlessly conjuring up the glorious ghosts of rock & roll's past and turning those sounds into something timeless and instantly rewarding at once".

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"The Coral ... Nu har de så et dobbelt-temabaseret-album på gaden. Om det fiktive Coral Island, hvor alle karaktererne og temaerne omhandler livet omringet havet ... Det er på én og samme gang både et imponerende værk og et værk, der er alt for langt ... Havde James Skelly og Co, formået at sortere lidt i mængden af materiale, havde vi kvitteret med det maksimale, GAFFA kan tilbyde. Nu lander vi altså på fem GAFFA-stjerner. Mest af alt fordi, at når The Coral rammer rigtigt, så rammer de den lige i vores melodiske solar plexus. Og det gør de mere ofte end ikke på dette ambitiøse værk".

"Coral Island is an ambitious record that never topples under the weight of that ambition. Unusually for a double album there's barely any filler and the songs have a timeless quality that keeps you returning. At the end of their second decade, The Coral have released the best album of their career".

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