Noah and the Whale – The First Days of Spring
admin on Jun 23rd 2009
Noah and the Whale – The First Days of Spring
This is the first taster of what Noah and the Whale’s forthcoming album will sound like and, as mentioned in my live review of their London show in March, it’s a clear that a new direction is on the way: darker, brooding, grandiose and… much more serious. The First Days of Spring will be released on 31 August with an accompanying album-length film but in the meantime you can download this track for free from the Noah and the Whale website. Continue Reading »
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Song of the Day: Mumford & Sons – The Cave
admin on Apr 6th 2009
Mumford & Sons – The Cave
Now that Noah and the Whale have traded in their sound and seem ready to take on stadia-sized audience, their friends Mumford & Sons could prove to be ready-made replacements as family-orientated folk heroes. Much like NOTW did last summer, this London quartet treads between twee and melodrama, “ripping off Shakespeare” to rouse the world-weary in you. The third installment of their EP trilogy The Cave and the Open Sea is available to download from www.rawrip.com as of today. A stint with the Maccabees in May followed by their own headline tour in September makes them a good bet to find success in 2009.
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Live Review: Noah and the Whale – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
admin on Mar 8th 2009
Noah and the Whale are after an audience much bigger than they scored with their top 5 debut, Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down. The first hint is that they’ve given the sound behind that album a complete overhaul: the ukuleles are nowhere in sight, a new guitarist has been brought in to beef up the arrangements and any element of cartoonish jubilation has been smothered out.
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Noah and the Whale – Five Years Time
admin on Jun 18th 2008
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Noah and the Whale – ‘Five Years Time’
This song is so chirpy and so cheerful that it very well may leave you with a headache. I first heard of Noah and the Whale when they were in Austin shooting a Take Away Show in a rented house with Vincent Moon during SXSW. Since then, their heartwarming live shows has seen them pick up slots on the stages of Glastonbury, Oxegen, Lollapalooza, V, Field Day, and the End of the Road festivals, all this summer. Continue Reading »
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