Corail

About

The artist

Corail is a Montréal folk duo formed by longtime friends Julien Comptour and Philippe Noël. After years of making music together, the pair shaped a close vocal and guitar language around direct, image-rich French songwriting. Their arrangements draw from folk, soft rock, psychedelic folk, and the warm studio colours of the 1970s, using acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, keyboards, and layered voices without losing the intimacy of two people playing in a room. Early releases including Lampadaire, Très doucement, J'essaye, Ok j'avoue, Disparaître / Terre, and J'ai de la chance led to the debut album Maison in September 2023. The record presents domestic space as both setting and emotional frame, moving between tenderness, uncertainty, friendship, and everyday observation. Corail participated in the 28th edition of Les Francouvertes in 2024, where the project appeared as the current two-person lineup after an earlier quintet period. In June 2025, the duo released Welcome soleil, a spontaneous and lightly psychedelic interpretation of the song by Jim & Bertrand, recorded with intertwined voices, guitars, percussion, and Mellotron. Artist-controlled Bandcamp, Apple Music, Quebec's PalmarèsADISQ registry, and current presenting-organization profiles all identify Corail as an active Montréal duo.