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Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show
Rock · 2023 · 17 tracks · 29m

Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show

The Coral

A skeletal, midnight radio broadcast of dusty Americana and gothic folk. Spoken interludes haunt a landscape of acoustic guitars and whiskey-soaked storytelling.

September 8, 2023 · Run on Records

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A weary and atmospheric collection of ghost stories told through the lens of dusty, late-night Americana.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks · 29m
01
Holy Joe (Sounds From the Other Side)
0:38
02
The Sinner
4:02
03
Hotel
2:46
04
Holy Joe (Hitchhiker at the Highway’s Edge)
0:18
05
Leave This Town
2:55
06
The Road Is Calling
2:42
07
Holy Joe (Rita Is Having a Bad One)
0:27
08
Never Be in Love Like That Again
1:55
09
Drifter’s Prayer
2:36
10
Holy Joe (Bobby and Faith)
0:23
11
Long Drive to the City
2:57
12
Down by the Riverside
2:42
13
Holy Joe (The Graveyard Shift)
0:25
14
Baby Face Nelson
1:30
15
Holy Joe (A Wise Man Once Said)
0:16
16
The Coral Island Killer
2:34
17
Holy Joe (Let the Credits Roll)
0:34
Moments Worth Listening For
The gravelly narration of Holy Joe bridging the gap between skeletal folk songs like a ghostly radio host.
The sudden, haunting harmonica swell in Drifter's Prayer that feels like a cold wind through an open window.
The way The Coral Island Killer shifts the mood into a tense, cinematic murder ballad with minimal percussion.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show sound next to the rest of The Coral's catalogue?

Late Night+4.0σ

Late Night saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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