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The CoralThe Invisible Invasion Deltasonic/SonyBMG For 'The Invisible Invasion', The Coral's third official LP, the seven-piece plumped for the production skills of Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley, a decision which may have contributed to some of the slightly darker themes of this album. Genuinely haunting tunes in Far From The Crowd and Late Afternoon help leave the tongue-in-cheek pirate themes of The Coral's previous work behind; however, the darkness is only skin deep. Even the potentially downbeat premise of Leaving Today is turned around into a classically happy jaunt, So Long Ago is similarly upbeat, and first single In The Morning has probably been hard to shake from the head of many a Triple J listener. Barrow and Utley's influence is obvious on this record. While the most prominent work is on the inventive instrumentation of A Warning To The Curious, their ingenious use of sound occurs throughout the album. The brilliant guitar sounds and other effects featured in Arabian Sand come to mind. Perhaps it's the brilliantly complementary production, or the way that The Coral have subtly refined their sound in the last couple of years. It's probably both. Whatever the reason, 'The Invisible Invasion' features some of The Coral's best work yet.  |
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