Interview - Nick Power, The Coral

The Coral are arguably too big to be regarded as a ‘cult band’ but not big enough to dominate the festival circuit.

The Liverpool quintet have spent nearly 20 years sustaining a loyal fanbase; loyal for good reason. Despite forthcoming album Coral Island being their eighth studio effort (ish….it’s complicated), their quality control across each has been incredibly high.

Indeed, the new album can stake a realistic claim of being their best yet, as recent singles ‘Faceless Angel’, ‘Lover Undiscovered’ and ‘Vacancy’ emphatically attest to.

Yet surely it must be a source of frustration to the band that they’ve never truly cracked the mainstream permanently? Not a bit of it.

“Because we’ve been doing it continuously, we go up and down the (festival) bills like a yo-yo,” Nick Power, ivory-tinkler (amongst many, many other things) told Live4ever when we spoke recently.

https://www.live4ever.uk.com/2021/04/the-coral-interview-live4ever/