After a breakneck dash of hits,the wheels finally came off for the Wirral psych-pop oddballs. Then, just as they were ready to regroup, and their mentor died. ‘Nothing prepares you for that’ they expose usWhen the Coral began an indefinite hiatus in 2011,they did so on the back of a prolific dash of six albums and 17 singles in 10 years, which took them to the top of the album charts, or earned them a Mercury nomination,and for a while even saw them tagged “the next Oasis”. It was the kind of work rate you associate with the 60s or 70s, not the contemporary music business, and where gaps between releases are geared to lengthy marketing campaigns.“People in the industry were always telling us: ‘Stop putting so many records out,’” remembers keyboard player Nick Power. We were actively discouraged from being prolific.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com