What is it?
Psychedelic rock is an electronic sounding music genre, and tends to heavily feature 12 stringed guitars, as opposed to the ordinary six strings in order to create a jingling noise in the music. It tends to feature melodies and instrumental solos.
Psychedelic rock could be considered the bridge from blues to progressive rock to heavy metal. Unlike other rock genres, psychedelic rock is more mellow.
A little bit of history..
The psychedelic rock genre arose in the 1960s and the first group who used the term were the 13th Floor Elevators and used it in the album title the Psychedelic Sounds of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators.
Members of the Beatles also began experimenting with this type of music in the 60s.
Some people would include modern day bands, such as The Coral under this genre, as they have many of the key aspects of this genre in their music and album artwork. However, when trying to fit the Coral into a more mainstream genre, they are often described as an indie band.
How does this relate to the Coral?
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