{"product_id":"sea-of-mirrors-3-colour-marble-vinyl-lp","title":"Sea Of Mirrors: 3 Colour Marble Vinyl LP { vinyl }","description":"\u003cp\u003e• \u003cstrong\u003eFollowing the widely-acclaimed 2021 double album, Coral Island, The Coral announce ‘surreal Italian spaghetti western soundtrack’, Sea Of Mirrors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e• \u003cstrong\u003eBridging 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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSingular psych-folk-pop-rock wanderers, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Coral\u003c\/strong\u003e revel in a resurgent phase of artistic enquiry and announce that \u003cstrong\u003eTWO albums\u003c\/strong\u003e will be released later this year at the same time as revealing their first new music since 2021 - \u003cstrong\u003eWILD BIRD\u003c\/strong\u003e. Imagining the scorched sand, cardboard cowboys and flooded sets of a never-made Italian spaghetti western, the single snaps the clapperboard on a new story playing out all the way to the release of \u003cstrong\u003eSea Of Mirrors\u003c\/strong\u003e, the band’s \u003cstrong\u003eeleventh studio album\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘proper’ on \u003cstrong\u003eFri 8 September 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 2021’s expansive \u003cstrong\u003eCoral Island\u003c\/strong\u003e album landed the \u003cstrong\u003eNumber 2\u003c\/strong\u003e spot on the \u003cstrong\u003eUK’s Official Album Chart\u003c\/strong\u003e 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, \u003cstrong\u003eNick Power\u003c\/strong\u003e, and vintage cinema foyer poster artwork was created by drummer, \u003cstrong\u003eIan Skelly\u003c\/strong\u003e that confirmed Sea Of Mirrors’ vivid concept and the blueprint for The Coral to move beyond all expectations once again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe film’s envisaged opening theme, Wild Bird’s evocative sunlit shadows come laced with deft string arrangements courtesy of the album’s \u003cstrong\u003eco-producer,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSean O’Hagan\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eThe High Llamas, Stereolab\u003c\/strong\u003e) who was welcomed into The Coral fold as one of a number of guests and collaborators featured across Sea Of Mirrors’ 13-tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween the two albums, the band additionally count actors \u003cstrong\u003eCillian Murphy \u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e John Simm\u003c\/strong\u003e, plus \u003cstrong\u003eLove \u003c\/strong\u003eguitarist, \u003cstrong\u003eJohnny Echols\u003c\/strong\u003e, as contributors. Former band member, \u003cstrong\u003eBill Ryder-Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e joins the songwriting credits for Sea Of Mirrors. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Sundowners\u003c\/strong\u003e are also amongst guests adding their voices to the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Skelly says of Wild Bird:\u003c\/strong\u003e “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?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSea Of Mirrors and Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show became the last albums to be recorded at Liverpool’s legendary \u003cstrong\u003eParr Street Studios, \u003c\/strong\u003ea 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 \u003cstrong\u003eproducer, Chris Taylor’s\u003c\/strong\u003e new recording facility, \u003cstrong\u003eKempston Street Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e, the album finds itself a part of music history for reasons beyond it’s place in The Coral’s extensive catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1.        The Actor And The Cardboard Cowboy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2.        Cycles Of The Seasons\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e3.        Faraway Worlds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e4.        Wild Bird\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e5.        North Wind\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e6.        Eleanor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e7.        Sea Of Mirrors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSide 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1.        That's Where She Belongs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2.        The Way You Are\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e3.        Dream River\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e4.        Almeria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e5.        Child Of The Moon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e6.        Oceans Apart\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"The Coral","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57432048173387,"sku":"M9499UK","price":3.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/6169\/9915\/files\/The_Coral_-_Sea_Of_Mirrors_Ltd_Colour_LP.jpg?v=1779702606","url":"https:\/\/vinylvintage.shop\/products\/sea-of-mirrors-3-colour-marble-vinyl-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}