Coheed and Cambria ‘The Father of Make Believe’ 2xLP

Pre-order. Due 14th March. 

Coke bottle green vinyl.

Coheed and Cambria - Claudio Sanchez (guitar / vocals), Travis Stever (lead guitar), Josh Eppard (drums) and Zach Cooper (bass) - emerged in the early 2000s wedged between an emo renaissance and a metal revival. While their peers broke hearts and banged heads, Sanchez and co. were crafting Game of Thrones-level fantasies around a storyline called ‘The Amory Wars’ that unfurls across 78 planets collectively known as Heaven’s Fence. Eight of the band’s nine albums thus far (plus a small galaxy of comics and novels) dwell in this world - and so does tenth album ‘The Father of Make Believe’. It’s just that the sky is cracking now, revealing the guiding hand behind the scene. 

“Throughout my career, I’ve navigated the insecurities of putting my truth out for the world to pick apart and scrutinize,” says Sanchez, reflecting on ‘The Father of Make Believe’. “I’ve chosen to keep the struggles of my life private out of respect and love to those people and events that inspired the art. When I can’t express myself in words, I express in worlds.”

  One way to look at ‘The Father of Make Believe’ is as Coheed and Cambria establishing a desire to move forward while honouring a remarkable history. Another: a series of questions, emotions, and thoughts at war with each other - “a war within myself,” as Sanchez puts it. “I’ve lost time defining ideas I want to see through. It’s beautiful to look back and enjoy it for what it was.” He pauses. “But there's no need to go back.” And why would he? Coheed are finding new ways to bring new listeners into their universe. ‘The Amory Wars’ live on, but a new general is at the helm. Sanchez is ready to fight the battles he’s relegated to his imagination for all these years.