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The Coral

Skeleton Key

Label: Deltasonic

athomas by Andy (quirk) Thomas April 4th, 2002

Solid boned skeleton key, opens the most intricate locks...squergle!werk!bleurgh!clatter! This is odd. Very odd. The Coral appear to have ripped the guts out of a sea shanty and broken the locking nut on their guitar. There are verses and a chorus but it's more a selection of completely opposing movements than your standard pop song. Somehow it goes disco at the end. The b-side Dressed Like A Cow is far more conventional, sounding not unlike The Bluetones fronted by a lounge room Rick Witter. Until the end, where it goes tits up in the style of track one.

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