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“I’m really bored of music that sounds like privileged melancholy”: We catch up with Liverpool’s indie legends The Coral

Made famous for their 2002 indie-pop staple Dreaming of You, the Coral continue to create spirit-lifting music decades on

MusicRadar · Jul 27

The Coral officially roll out new album 388 after secret indie shop release

The Coral have surprise-released new album 388, after leaving copies in random independent music stores.

BANG Premier · May 21

Dreaming of You: The Making of the Coral review – the charming rise of the melodic noughties band

Lo-fi animation mixed with archive footage and home movies tell the story of a group of talented young mates from the Wirral with an eccentric, unpretentious charm

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025

Inside the unassuming building making some of Liverpool's biggest records

Building up from the ashes of Parr Street studio, a new space in the Fabric District could now be central to the city’s musical legacy

Liverpool Echo · Apr 29, 2023

James, The Coral and Red Rum Club to perform at On the Waterfront Liverpool gig

The bands will be taking to the stage for the final night of the festival

Liverpool Echo · Feb 21, 2023

Blossoms announce huge Castlefield Bowl gig at next summer's Sounds of the City

Blossoms will perform next summer as part of the Sounds of the City series

Manchester Evening News · Dec 12, 2022

Celebrities you might not know have links to Wirral

You may be surprised that some of these celebs hail from the peninsula

Liverpool Echo · Apr 23, 2022