Bill Ryder-Jones: Iechyd Da review – Coral co-founder’s songs of heartache and hope
Ryder-Jones’s recent production experience comes to the fore on this wide-reaching album, making use of Motown, 60s pop and a children’s choir to find the light in the darkness
September 2023
The Coral: Sea of Mirrors review – their best album since their debut
Including a cameo from Cillian Murphy, the Merseysiders have concocted a twangy, dreamlike folk-rock sonic voyage through Britain in decay
March 2022
How we made
‘It’s maybe about Denise van Outen’ – the Coral on how they made Dreaming of You
‘I wrote it at my nan’s house in five minutes. All our hits were done like that’
December 2021
Best music of 2021
The 50 best albums of 2021
And finally – a deserving winner, whose second solo album is a truly relatable, pin-sharp pop classic. We reveal our No 1 album of 2021
May 2021
The month's best album reviews
Marianne Faithfull, AJ Tracey and more: May’s best album reviews
Read all the Guardian and Observer’s four- and five-star album reviews from the last month, spanning pop, classical and more
April 2021
The Coral: Coral Island review – glorious psychedelia for sunny days
Nostalgic without bitterness or regret, the melodies pour out of this double album themed around the titular resort
August 2020
10 of the best ...
From Charli XCX to Taylor Swift: 10 of the best albums made in lockdown
Anxiety, escapism and noise complaints from neighbours all feature in the work musicians have created while house-bound
December 2019
The Coral's Jack Prince: ‘I’m used to football being ruined’
In between gigs the drummer Jack Prince is taking his Uefa coaching badge in Wales. ‘I’m not doing this for fun and games,’ he tells Sid Lowe
August 2018
The Coral: Move Through the Dawn review – vintage songs of sad euphoria
Their ninth album sees the Coral break out some old friends - references to water, melancholy yearning and sublime choruses – it’s a lovely thing
December 2016
The Coral review – psych pop's sullen cowboys are stuck in the past
The Liverpool band, back from a five-year live hiatus, delivered half-written psych-by-numbers songs in a lacklustre performance
May 2016
This week's new tracks
RAY BLK ft Stormzy: the best of this week’s new music
RAY BLK ft Stormzy | The 1975 | The Coral | Goat | Dylan Evans
March 2016
The Coral review – ready again for liftoff
The Coral: Distance Inbetween review – reunited and re-energised
The Coral: Distance Inbetween review – indie veterans make a purposeful return
The Coral return: 'Success was like a runaway train – chaotic with no control'
December 2015
Listen up
Watch the Coral's video for Chasing the Tail of a Dream
New band of the week
New band of the week: Blossoms (No 84)
November 2015
Bill Ryder-Jones: West Kirby County Primary review – from strength to strength
The ex-Coral guitarist confirms his storytelling skills on solo album number three
August 2014
The Coral break indefinite hiatus to release eight-year-old album
‘Psych-folk album’ Curse of Love from 2006 will be released in the next few weeks
May 2014
Alan Wills, founder of Deltasonic records, dies aged 52
The former Shack drummer, who headed the Liverpool label behind the Coral and the Zutons, has died following a cycling accident
