388: Vinyl LP

Label: Modern Sky
Release Date: 22nd May

Was always gonna happen wasn't it? The Coral making a ska dub reggae album, from the off their music has always had the herbal whiff, that haze, that rabbit hole like quality... you get what I'm getting at, right? From Beefheart to early Pink Floyd and other journeys into beat rock, garage rock and psych, James Skelly comes from a great lineage of Space Cadet Scousers. And so '388' arrives with rocksteady beats, swooning reggae soul and hazy dub. 

The Coral return with 388, their thirteenth studio album, officially released following an initial physical-only run through record shops across the UK. Led by new single ‘Let The Music Play’, the record draws inspiration from the sound and spirit of vintage reggae and dub cassette tapes, while continuing the band’s long-standing blend of psychedelic rock, melody and escapism. Following the UK Top Five success of 2023’s Sea Of Mirrors, 388 further expands a catalogue that has produced six UK Top Five albums, including the Mercury Prize-nominated self-titled debut The Coral, alongside Magic and Medicine, The Invisible Invasion and Coral Island, as well as defining singles such as ‘Dreaming Of You’ and ‘Pass It On’.