The Coral release cursed carol 'She Died On Christmas Day,' their first ever Christmas single

After three decades and twelve albums, fuzzed-up Liverpudlian psych-rockers, The Coral, are finally offering up a jingle of the festive sort, with the release of their cursed Christmas carol, 'She Died On Christmas Day.'

The single marks their first new music since 2023’s Sea Of Mirrors, and sees the band embrace the vintage rock'n'roll crooners of yesteryear, weaving an eerily resplendent ode to the festive malcontent.

An inimitable track that is trademark The Coral, it is also being released on a limited edition 7” release for fans and collectors, titled Christmas On Coral Island. The title track is also touchingly the last to feature the narration of The Great Muriarty, aka Ian Murray, Ian and James Skelly’s late-grandfather; the dramatic narrator on 2022 album, Coral Island, and 2023’s ‘spirit broadcast’ of Holy Joe's Coral Island Medicine Show.

“We love fifties and early sixties rock n’roll, especially the British stuff,” says the band’s Nick Power. “To us, it’s the sound of where we grew up: New Brighton and the fair, the lost piers, the thrill and danger of towns at the end of existence. If there’s an opening where we get to explore that side of us, we’re always up for it.”

Despite it being the first music they've released since 2023, The Coral have certainly kept themselves busy. This year saw them release Dreaming Of You, the James Slater-directed film telling the story of the band’s formation, which debuted at Sheffield Doc Fest to widespread critical and audience acclaim. Plus, the band have enjoyed celebratory shows, not least the band-curated A Late Summer Night's Scream at a sold-out, 3,500-capacity Grand Central Hall in Liverpool in August.

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