{"product_id":"the-coral-2025-reissue","title":"The Coral (2025 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Black Vinyl, Mirroring the original vinyl version, this pressing includes the track ‘Simian Technology’ at the end of Side B.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cstrong\u003eThe Coral\u003c\/strong\u003e first arrived on the scene in 2001 with their EP '\u003cem\u003eShadows Fall\u003c\/em\u003e', the British press hailed them as their answer to the \u003cstrong\u003eThe Strokes\u003c\/strong\u003e. NME called The Coral the best new band in England. Their fervent originality struck a chord that kept on ringing until their 2002 self-titled debut release. That's when the praise really started flowing in, as did the sailing references: they were even nominated for the Mercury Music Prize a day after the album was released.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Coral were jaunty, rambunctious and youthful (their oldest member only 21); their music was strangely coherent despite the obvious oddness and idiosyncratic nature of each and every song. The psychedelic sheen doesn't hide a sturdy pop surface, though, and neither does is obfuscate the boatload of talent these young men obviously have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A mass of remarkable contradictions”… filled with “such inexplicable pleasures,” wrote Alexis Petridis in The Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Original, challenging and above all, fun,” suggested BBC Manchester Music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sony CMG","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black Vinyl","offer_id":58246630343001,"sku":"SDZ-35488","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/PID-28234-96-001.png?v=1780936178","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/the-coral-2025-reissue","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}