Amazon.co.uk Review
Roots & Echoes marks something of a change of scenery for The Coral. Not so long ago, it was all lepers, sea shanties, and lonely suicides round their ends, but this-the follow-up to 2005s
The Invisible Invasion--tells quite a different tale. Recorded at Oasis home studio in Buckinghamshire at the personal request of the Brothers Gallagher, this record captures the band casting out much of the bad vibes and concentrating on making a warm, vintage-sounding record with classic appeal. Of course, they cant help throwing in the odd spot of heart-in-mouth high tragedy-"Remember Me", a fraught tale of a very one-sided love affair, concludes with a howl of guitar and a final spasm of drums as vocalist James Skelly discovers the girl he carries a torch for has a ring on her finger. Elsewhere, though, theres beautifully recorded excursions into classic soul ("Put The Sun Back"), acoustic-tinged bossa nova ("Not So Lonely"), and Doors-like organ jams ("Shes Got a Reason") which prove, as if there were any doubt, that this band have chops beyond the ability to bash out a ragged sea shanty or two. It is, in short, the sound of a more mature Coral, and while there are surely some fans wholl choose now to jump ship, disappointed at the lack of piratical adventure, all in all itll be their loss.
-Louis Pattison
CD Description
'Roots And Echoes' is the fourth full-length album from cosmic scouse psych rockers The Coral. Produced by Craig Silvey, this a dark and heady mixture of folk, Merseybeat and psychedelia. Includes the single 'Who's Gonna Find Me'.