The Coral chat to I Like Music
ILM: 'Roots & Echoes' will be released on 6th August 2007. It's timeless - the record to remind you what a brilliant and unique band you guys are. Its songs glow with warmth and heart, musicality and melody. Describe the Coral process of making such good songs? Lyrics or melody first?
JAMES: It's at the same time usually; it's just what comes out and you finish it off by working on it. Usually the initial inspiration is what stays and then we all work on the arrangement together; it just sort of comes out and then you get a feeling and you write it and finish off more technically, but the actual initial song is what comes out first.
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Kat Vipers: ilikemusic because... There's not many other things to like.
Ali Campbell, UB40: ilikemusic because... It’s supposed to bring people together.
Peter Cincotti: ilikemusic because... Of what the world would be without it. It’d be a very scary place. I think we’d all be screwed.
Ellen, Los Campesinos: ilikemusic because... It’s the best form of escapism that you can have wherever you are. You could be completely miserable or waiting for a bus and put on any song that inspires you and you can escape into a little world, well that’s what I tend to do anyway.
Jo Whiley: ilikemusic because... It makes me laugh and it makes my cry and it gets me out of a stress if I’m in a stress, and, if I’m in a good place then it will make me in a better place. It’s all about the emotion, it’s all about the feeling where music takes you to and what affect it has on you.
MARS: ilikemusic because... tom kelly is a great producer and Mark Angelo Studios in London is the best place to record your record!
Mylo: ilikemusic because... It makes me feel funny
Lee: ilikemusic because... It makes me want to rave my nut off
Ciarran, The Feeling: ilikemusic because... I find it constantly inspiring and it’s a joy to listen to and a joy to play; it really is a huge part of my life.
Leon Jean-Marie: ilikemusic because... It transcends. It really creates emotion with someone. That feeling it gives you, it goes through boundaries. To create something, it just breaks through all the walls. When you connect with a song, that is it, that is magic isn't it?


