NEWS: The Coral to release eight year old album Curse Of Love The Coral are to release an album that they originally recorded eight years ago. Two years into an indefinite hiatus, the band have announced they will unveil a full-length recorded almost a decade ago. Curse of Love is described as an unreleased “psych-folk album” from 2006, and will come out in the next few weeks, according to the bands Twitter account. James Skelly of the band also tweeted about the record, confirming that it was not technically a new album. Just to clarify the curse of love was recorded 8 years ago, its not a new album, he wrote. Fans of the Coral began buzzing last weekend, after the “brand-new track” Wrapped in Blue debuted on BBC 6 Music (skip to the 16-minute mark). “Just to clarify, the curse of love … [is] not a new album,” tweeted frontman James Skelly. “[It] was recorded eight years ago. Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, who premiered the song, explained that the Coral recorded Curse of Love between making The Invisible Invasion in 2005 and the end of its promotion cycle. “They recorded this very cool album on an eight-track cassette player,” he said. “It never really got finished.” The new album was recorded around the same time as The Invisible Invasion, which was produced by Barrow and his bandmate Adrian Utley. The Wirral band released their sixth album, Butterfly House, in 2010 – they have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2012. Speaking to NME in 2013 Ian Skelly of the band said The Coral halted studio sessions after recording half an album with producer John Leckie (The Stone Roses, Radiohead, Muse), in order to pursue other projects. When asked about when The Coral might reconvene, he said: I dont know. There just has to be a demand for it, people have to decide they want it. For now, were on a break. That might last until next month. It could be five years. Formed in 1996, the Coral were recording their seventh studio LP when they parted ways. Since 2012, Ian and James Skelly have each released solo albums and guitarist Lee Southall began collaborating with singer Molly Jones. Five of the band’s six studio albums, including their self-titled, Mercury-nominated debut in 2002, reached top 10 on the UK chart.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:30:54 +0000
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