Name: Sea Of Mirrors
Brand: The Coral

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

M9497UK

Colour

White

Colour details

White, Purple, Blue Tri Colour Marbled Vinyl.

Discogs ID

[r28205629]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

With Bonus Flexi featuring Exclusive Track - Sea of Mirrors – Read by Johnny Echols.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-09-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5060732662766

Total Cap

White LP | Rough Trade Exclusive

M9479UKLP

Black

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format: No

5060732662452

Black LP

M9499UK

White, Purple, Blue Tri Colour Marble Vinyl.

[r28204030]

5060732662803

White LP

M9482UKCD

5060732662551

Artist

The Coral

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Run On Records

Vinyl variants, bonus material and signed editions exclusively available from Rough Trade.

The Coral is an English IndiePopPsych band that was formed in 1996 in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, UK. With their unique blend of indie rock, pop melodies, and psychedelic influences, they have captivated audiences worldwide.
Since their formation, The Coral has released numerous critically acclaimed albums and singles, showcasing their musical versatility and creativity. Their distinctive sound and poetic lyrics have earned them a dedicated fan base.
With their roots firmly planted in the vibrant music scene of Merseyside, The Coral continues to push boundaries and evolve as artists. Their live performances are known for their energy and passion, leaving audiences wanting more.

Following the widely-acclaimed 2021 double album, Coral Island, The Coral announce ‘surreal Italian spaghetti western soundtrack’, Sea Of Mirrors.

Bridging their UK Chart No.2 success and the sun-bleached sets of imagined films, the physical formats-only release of Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine show makes it two albums in one year Singular psych-folk-pop-rock wanderers, The Coral revel in a resurgent phase of artistic enquiry and release two albums at the same time. Imagining the scorched sand, cardboard cowboys and flooded sets of a never-made Italian spaghetti western, the single 'Wild Bird' snaps the clapperboard on a new story playing out all the way to the release of Sea Of Mirrors, the band’s eleventh studio album ‘proper’.

After 2021’s expansive Coral Island album landed the Number 2 spot on the UK’s Official Album Chart and won unanimous critical praise, material for two, further albums occurred to the band. Amidst that songwriting scirroco, it was a script was written by keyboard player, Nick Power, and vintage cinema foyer poster artwork was created by drummer, Ian Skelly that confirmed Sea Of Mirrors’ vivid concept and the blueprint for The Coral to move beyond all expectations once again. The film’s envisaged opening theme, Wild Bird’s evocative sunlit shadows come laced with deft string arrangements courtesy of the album’s co-producer, Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas, Stereolab) who was welcomed into The Coral fold as one of a number of guests and collaborators featured across Sea Of Mirrors’ 13-tracks.

Between the two albums, the band additionally count actors Cillian Murphy and John Simm, plus Love guitarist, Johnny Echols, as contributors. Former band member, Bill Ryder-Jones joins the songwriting credits for Sea Of Mirrors. The Sundowners are also amongst guests adding their voices to the album. James Skelly says of Wild Bird: “Like most of The Coral’s best known songs you could pick out, it was written in about five minutes. Once the album concept was clear, this was us imagining the theme tune for an Italian western directed by Fellini with a Richard Yates-written script. It’s us asking ourselves: what would have happened if Lee Hazlewood had produced a Gene Pitney song written by Townes Van Zandt?” Sea Of Mirrors and Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show became the last albums to be recorded at Liverpool’s legendary Parr Street Studios, a long-term home to The Coral and numerous other bands from inside and outside the city prior to its closure last year. Opening sessions with O’Hagan in London, returning to Parr Street and, eventually, completing in final sessions at Skelly and producer, Chris Taylor’s new recording facility, Kempston Street Studios, the album finds itself a part of music history for reasons beyond it’s place in The Coral’s extensive catalogue.

Sea Of Mirrors

Music GB

Discover Sea Of Mirrors by The Coral. Limited edition CD and LP formats available. Surreal Italian spaghetti western soundtrack on Run On Records.