Hoylake boys The Coral (I only mention Hoylake because that's where half my family are from, well actually they're from Meols, my family, not The Coral, I need to clarify that so that next time I mention Meols boys OMD you don't question me on my family's town of origin, there's a chance I'm getting off the point here, certainly these brackets have ended up being much longer than I intended, hope the rest of the sentence makes sense) have been blogging about their new album on their label's MySpace.
Here's what guitarist Bill-Ryder Jones says: "In all we spent about two months in Noel Gallagher's Wheeler End studio with Craig Silvey of Dr Barnabus at the helm. I'm not really too interested in giving much away about how we have (once again) revolutionised music but I'm sure you can picture it; if you can't then think Zappa sharing a jazz omelette with Gnarls Barkley. We're all excited to get out there gigging again, getting a little sweaty and moistening some of you lucky lovelies at your local discos".
Popular eighties sitcom Watching was set in Meols by the way. And John Lennon's first wife Cynthia was brought up in Hoylake. I can confirm this because my mum sat behind her at primary school. Hmm, if only I knew as much about The Coral than I do about The Wirral's claims to fame this would be a good story. What else can I tell you about The Coral? Well, Jones says the new album should be "in your grubby little hands very soon" but there is no release date as yet. Which isn't really telling you anything, is it? Julian Lennon grew up in Hoylake too by the way, but I guess that's not much of a surprise, given his mother lived there.