{"id":61950,"date":"2020-04-30T11:47:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T10:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=61950"},"modified":"2020-04-30T11:47:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T10:47:39","slug":"true-love-waits-the-coronas-set-to-release-new-album-july-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/04\/true-love-waits-the-coronas-set-to-release-new-album-july-31\/","title":{"rendered":"‘True Love Waits’: The Coronas Set To Release New Album July 31"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Coronas\u2019 thirteen-year journey has definitely been unique. With a handful of multi-platinum selling albums and a huge fan base in their native Ireland, they were just about to embark on a 6 month world tour when a certain unfortunately named virus tried to spoil the party. Thankfully, the band are back with a new album, rescheduled dates and a point to prove.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\u201cThe first thing we did was tweet Corona the beer, asking them what their plan was.\u201d states Danny O\u2019Reilly. \u201cWhen we chat to our mates in bands who have postponed gigs and tours I just remind them it could be worse, you could share a name with the virus!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunate monikers aside, The Coronas\u2019 new record, ‘True Love Waits’, marks the start of what is now more than a new chapter in the career of one of Ireland\u2019s biggest, best-loved bands, it\u2019s more like a whole new book.<\/p>\n

A quartet for 13 years, last summer The Coronas became a trio when guitarist Dave McPhillips unexpectedly left. Briefly they questioned whether to continue but, once the shock had subsided, something dawned on the Dubliners. If they weren\u2019t the band they used to be, why make music as they always had?<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn retrospect, the shock of Dave leaving the band helped us get a clearer picture of what we wanted the album to be\u201d says Danny O\u2019Reilly, singer and lead songwriter. \u201cWhen we accepted that we weren\u2019t going to be the same band without him, it was easier to let the songs lead us in ways we wouldn\u2019t have thought of before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than replace Dave, we actually contemplated ditching guitars entirely. But instead we opened ourselves up to work with loads of our talented friends, mainly because the songs warranted it, and we had an amazing young producer George Murphy who knew exactly the kind of album we wanted to make.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time we used real brass, there are extra guest backing vocalists, guest guitar players and our first featured duet. From early on, the guys encouraged me to use my voice differently, just pushing me to try something that I wouldn\u2019t have done previously.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Two songs had already been recorded in Los Angeles last February, with Hozier and PJ Harvey producer Rob Kirwan, when Danny, bassist Graham Knox and drummer Conor Egan pressed reset. But the album only really began to take shape once a raft of new songs arrived. Key to the process was Danny\u2019s coterie of new co-writers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI co-wrote a little on the last two albums and loved it,\u201d says Danny. \u201cThis time I was up for anything. I took snippets of ideas to several musician mates, mostly around Dublin and Kerry, to see what we came up with and that\u2019s how we hit on some of the new sounds and different song structures.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re five albums in, it can be difficult to write differently on your own \u2013 you instinctively return to the same patterns. With fresh input, you\u2019re forced down new paths, and it\u2019s also great sharing that excitement in a room when you both know that there\u2019s something special in the idea you\u2019ve just created together\u201d<\/p>\n

The title track True Love Waits was written with Cian MacSweeny, frontman of Cork-formed, Dublin-based trio True Tides, one of The Coronas\u2019 favourite bands and their recent support act.<\/p>\n

Acoustic guitar and bright synths blend to create an atmosphere of dreamy optimism, while the lyrics \u2013 \u2018Fuck that, take a chance\u2019 \u2013 could as easily apply to The Coronas\u2019 new outlook as a new relationship. Much of the song is the band\u2019s original demo, recorded DIY in Dublin, before being completed in London with producer George Murphy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve never kept so much of our demos before,\u201d says Danny, \u201cbut what\u2019s great about George is he can see the magic in a moment. There\u2019s a spontaneity to that song which we\u2019d have lost by rerecording it. George engineered our last two albums, so he knows us very well. He\u2019d hone in on the vibes of what we brought him. A lot of the songs had odd arrangements and he understood straight away what we were trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The unorthodox arrangements helped push The Coronas out of their comfort zone. The release last year of hypnotic first single, ‘Find The Water’ was a shock to some, but its success told the band they were on the right path.<\/p>\n

Beginning with just piano and vocals, then breaking into an intense chant, Find The Water soars skywards on trumpets and percussion and has Danny singing so high by the end that he\u2019s all but unrecognisable.<\/p>\n

Previous single ‘Cold’ may rival it for surprises. Opening on its stark, prayer-like chorus, it\u2019s a majestic spine-chiller that shapeshifts on piano, percussion and synths. Written by Danny as a pick-me-up late one night alone in Dingle, it\u2019s about decision-making and self-doubt.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow do you know you\u2019ve made the right choice, about anything,\u201d says Danny. \u201cIn the midst of so much change, you can question every decision, but what\u2019s the point? It\u2019s our \u2018don\u2019t get down\u2019 song. Have confidence and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lyrically, ‘True Love Waits’ addresses everything from a new love in Danny\u2019s life to looking back at past achievements with pride to dealing with Dave\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n

‘Light Me Up’ flips from atmospheric to anthemic and builds to a boisterous, gospel finish featuring co-writer Cian on backing vocals. Haunted, one of two songs written with producer Cormac Butler, is a toast to a partnership \u2013 with the phrase \u201chaunted\u201d being Dingle-speak for \u201clucky\u201d.<\/p>\n

‘Lost in The Thick of It’ is one of the album\u2019s highlights, a gorgeous duet with Gabrielle Aplin, written in Brighton with Gabrielle and her partner Alfie Hudson-Taylor.<\/p>\n

On the celebratory ‘Brave’, The Coronas work in a waltz. The euphoric Heat of The Moment’ they describe as their Richard Curtis love song. By the end of ‘I Think We Jinxed It’, the guitars and synths soar just much as Danny\u2019s vocals.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe never thought we\u2019d make six albums, or be as excited about music as we are now. It\u2019s great that we\u2019re not trying to compete with anyone else. We\u2019d rather just outdo ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pre-order \/ Pre-save ‘True Love Waits’ here<\/a>. Find out more about The Coronas online on their official website<\/a>. Catch The Coronas (post Coronavirus…) at the following UK dates:<\/p>\n

27th Oct The Deaf Institute, Manchester
\n30th Oct O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
\n1st Nov St Luke\u2019s, Glasgow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Coronas\u2019 thirteen-year journey has definitely been unique. With a handful of multi-platinum selling albums and a huge fan base in their native Ireland, they were just about to embark on a 6 month world tour when a certain unfortunately named virus tried to spoil the party. Thankfully, the band are back with a new album, rescheduled dates and a point to prove.<\/p>\n

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