Volcano & Heart

The Coral Sea | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hidden Agenda
• ASIN: B000FS2WCG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,476 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Soaring debut album from Santa Barbara atmospheric pop outfit. "The art-rock majesty of The Coral Sea emerges breathtaking, it steals from your soul, unsurpassed in this part of the world." Well, The Santa Barbara Independent aint kidding either, The Coral Sea’s debut is a hypnotic and mellow dreamrock album that calls to mind classic albums by Bowie, Pink Floyd and The Beatles, with current comparisons ranging from Yo La Tengo’s melodic blue-streak zoom-pop to Radiohead’s impassioned layered vocal/guitar impressionism. Imagine a stratospherically skillful space-pop quartet with an entire string section behind it, and you'll be on their wavelength, but for me it all comes down to the voice. Frontman/founder Rey Villalobos’ vocals steal the show (think Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue, Radiohead's Thom Yorke): a luminous, sometimes androgynous croon, a silvery warble, without a glimmer of pretension

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's been a long time since I've found a new band this good, July 17, 2006

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Syko (Anchorage, AK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volcano & Heart (Audio CD)

This is one of those albums that would be on everyone's top ten list for the year (think How it Ends, by DeVotchKa), if only they'd heard it.

Dark and dramatic, with soaring vocals and melodies similar to obvious comaprisons like Muse and early Radiohead, but with a more intimate, human feel.

From the high emotion of Yesterday/Tomorrow and Fell, to the more mellow, wistful In Between The Days, to the inexplicably catchy Ancient Modern People, Volcano and Heart is worth a listen.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For all the Marbles, March 3, 2006

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Freeze (OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volcano and Heart (Audio CD)

How is this album not getting any press in the indie rock mags? I read most of them to get suggestions on new music, but I have seen nothing on the Coral Sea. It's a shame as this could be one of the best cds of 2005. The easy, generic comparison to Bends era Radiohead is inevitable because of Rey Villalobos vocals, the symphonic sound, and the mellow drone. It's not nearly as dark as the afformentioned band. Overall it is a mellow affair with some songs coming off like if Mojave 3 turned up the volume a little. Rey's voice is really what makes this something special. The music has been done before, but not this well in quite a while. Get it @ www.thecoralsea.net because apparently you can't get it here.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff, March 23, 2010

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Dallas - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Volcano & Heart (Audio CD)

I heard their Under the westway song on Pandora and I knew I had to buy the album.