Caramel, the new album from Isle of Wight quartet Coach Party, is appropriately-named: it’s sweet, it’s messy and it sticks. Still, arriving two years on from their debut, 2023’s KILLJOY, and dripping with striking guitar tones, heart-on-the-sleeve lyrics and some haunting ’80s synth, it’s also a little like a 30-minute exorcism.
The band’s melting pot of ’90s influences – among them grunge, Britpop and shoe gaze – has won some notable hearts and minds, resulting in tours with near neighbours Wet Leg and rock icons Queens of the Stone Age.
