The Coral - The CoralUniversally acclaimed by critics, with particular praise for the quality of its musicianship as well as nominations for the Mercury Music Prize and Brits, The Corals self titled debut album, released in July 2002, made quite a splash. Co produced by the band (using the name Zion Egg) and fellow Merseyside native Ian Broudie, it clearly distilled its sounds from an impressively diverse range of influences and was most often tagged as both neo

A note about the title: The prefix of the Gories album ("The Shaw Tapes") is both a nod to the Velvet Underground's "Quine Tapes" and gives credit to the larger-than-life man behind the recording of the show

While ‘How to Walk’ was constructed with one thing only in mind: that it would absolutely slay on stage

including the singles "Animal Nitrate"

that it doesn't come from perfection

mixing the easygoing grace of sweet ’60s soul with the grit and groove of early ’70s R&B

“Smoke you right out of here” picks up the pace

Helping to spearhead a revival of neo-psychedelic pop

Lou Barlow and team return with a smorgasbord of beautifully dysfunctional tunes harking back to their finest college rock anthems

adding a layer of cool over Blacklab’s Hawkwind meets krautrock sludge

while the driving Sober Motel celebrates the lucidity a clear mind

The intense hour-long song is a journey through sound like no other

founding member of the Replacements