The latest album by The Coral arrived out of nowhere, dropping as a vinyl-only release in early May of this year. Its mysterious appearance in independent record shops across the UK preceded wider distribution across streaming platforms a couple of weeks later.
The album, 388, is the thirteenth studio record by the mystical Merseyside five-piece, who first shot to fame in 2002 when their jaunty indie-pop classic Dreaming of You caught the post-Britpop zeitgeist. Their self-titled debut long-player was subsequently nominated for the Mercury Prize.
