“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 film follows the story of six childhood outsiders, from Merseyside as they 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?

Director James Slater will be joining us at this screening for a post-film Q+A hosted by music journalist James Thornhill.