The Coral: Dreaming Of You - documentary screening + band in conversation

Rock n Roll Book Club & Zodiac Films are delighted to present a special screening of the new documentary Dreaming Of You - The Making Of The Coral.

The film will be followed by a conversation featuring James Skelly & Nick Power from The Coral + director James Slater which will be recorded for our Music Maps Podcast.

The film will start at 6pm with the conversation following at 7.30pm, music before & after by Disco 2000 DJs.

This event will take place at The Red Lion in Leytonstone (located 1 minute from Leytonstone underground station (central line), Leytonstone High Road rail station is also close by & the area is served by buses 66, 145, 257, 339, W13, W14, W15, W16, W19.

“If you’re going to tell the story of The Coral, then it would be about growing up. An adventure that led to an album.”Nick Power, The Coral

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral follows the story of six childhood outsiders from Merseyside as they transform into one of the most influential British guitar bands of the new millennium. Their high-energy blend of psychedelic rock 'n' roll revitalising the doldrums of the post-Britpop music scene.Narrated by the band, the film is an immersive experience that creatively combines reconstruction, archive footage, and animation to capture the early 2000s era through the eyes of six northern teenagers, who together created their own strange, endlessly creative escapist universe.

As the friends leave their sleepy hometown of Hoylake in pursuit of musical glory, the spotlight eventually finds them but is it fame they’re after or it just being together? With appearances fromThe Lightning Seeds,The Zutons and Tramp Attack, Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral is a dreamscapeof friendship, fame and fuzzy guitars.

Formed in Hoylake, Merseyside, The Coral emerged as unique voices in the late 90smusic scene with their experimental blend of genres and influences. As teenagers,they spent years crafting their sound in small clubs and garages, honing a style thatcombined the whimsy of 60s psychedelia with the raw energy of modern rock.

Their early efforts caught the attention of Alan Wills, who, captivated by their eclectic sound, founded Delta Sonic Records around them.Their 2001 debut single, Shadows Fall, earned national recognition, and they were soon hailed as pioneers of a new wave of rock ’n’ roll energy — an antidote to the stagnation of the post-Britpop era. Their self-titled 2002 debut album, featuring the now-iconic single Dreaming of You, was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and named the best album of the year by NME. They followed it up with Magic and Medicine (2003), a critical and commercial triumph that topped the UK charts and produced four Top 20 singles, including Pass It On, Bill McCai, and Don’t Think You’re the First.

Over three decades, The Coral have remained one of the UK’s most enduring andconsistently inventive bands. They have released eleven studio albums, including The Invisible Invasion (2005), Roots & Echoes (2007), and Coral Island (2021),blending elements of psychedelic folk and garage rock with their own unique brandof haunting, dreamlike melody. Their influence can be heard in the work of later British indie acts such as Arctic Monkeys and Blossoms, who credit The Coral with shaping their sound.