The Coronas have rebooted and are ready to take a new route

The Coronas have had their knockbacks on the road to international fame, but they’ve come out fighting with their latest album, writes Ed Power

DANNY O’REILLY has been in the wars and the scars are still healing. In 2014, international success seemed to beckon for his band The Coronas as they signed to Island Records in London. But things didn’t work out as planned and for the first time in his career he had to deal with failure.

“It all appeared to be going in the right direction,” he says. “The label were excited about making things happen outside of Ireland.”