It didn't take much for Noah and the Whale to quickly become of my favorite artists of last year. If you haven't already, go out now and get "Peaceful the World Lays Me Down" and find out why. Their unique sound, molded perfectly with their witty, quick lyrics, and singer Charles Fink's voice. But one of the greatest aspects of their music was the way their songs flowed. It was what really caught my attention. The various movements in their songs add for an added affect to their anti-romantic lyrics. So naturally the one thing i thought that would be perfect was to incorporate this flow throughout their whole album... Which is exactly what they did in their new album "The First Days of Spring".
The new album is good. Real good. It is a masterfully crafted piece of work. The CD flows together like one really long song, giving it a symphonic feeling. String instruments were used in their first album, but they play a larger role in this album to give it that needed epic feeling. The songs have a much more serious overtone to them, with most songs having less whimsy to them, but this isn't saying there aren't a few exceptions.
Starting at "Instrumental, PT 1" and moving though "Love of an Orchestra", they have an uptempo, powerfully charged change of pace, that quickly changes back to a slower, lighter movement in "Instrumental, PT 2".
Their first single off the CD, "Blue Skies", is a song for those in rough times to come and know that good ones are on there way; a song about moving on. A slower paced song in comparison to their first hit "5 Years Time", but a song with much more depth and drive behind it. Other notable songs off the album include "Slow Glass" and "I Have Nothing".
One of the other defining things about this album is the film that they made to accompany the CD. Now I have not seen the film, or am even sure it is packaged in with the CD but they will announce screenings of the movie when they announce their US Tour Dates so be on the lookout. A trailer of the Film can be viewed here: http://natwofficialblog.bl
The CD is not available in the US yet but you can find it in the UK iTunes store or on the UK Amazon. The US release date is scheduled for Oct. 6th so check it out when it comes out and see what you are missing by not listening to this amazing band.
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