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"Move Through the Dawn" is the ninth full-length studio album by English indie rock band The Coral, released 10 August 2018 on the Ignition Records label.
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Distance Inbetween pushed the “freakout” button, but most of the songs here are built on frontman James Skelly’s forensic understanding of pop construction, with killer chord changes and musical shifts between melancholy and euphoria. Reaching Out for a Friend is almost new wave. She’s a Runaway is haunting and wistful. Their psychedelic tendencies surface most on Eyes of the Moon – which may feature a flute – and the hazy Outside My Window. Conversely, acoustic ballad After the Fair (beautifully fingerpicked by Nick Power) finds Skelly at his most unashamedly dreamy, with carousel/fairground imagery, a whirling organ and an emotionally loaded lyric about looking to tomorrow “before it’s gone away”.
There’s nothing here that pushes the envelope for pop, or even for the Coral, but there doesn’t always need to be. It’s another lovely, solid effort from one of Britain’s most enduring bands.
Reviewed by Dave Simpson for theguardian.com.
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