Thursday, April 10, 2025

My broken heart (Noah and the Whale) (LP 3364)

Noah and the Whale  The First Days of Spring (CD, Mercury Records, 2009) ****  

Genre: Indie folk

Places I remember: HMV

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: The First Days of Spring

Gear costume: Blue Skies

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5

Active compensatory factors: This is a great album for either spring or autumn I've found. This was the group's second album. It largely deals with 
the break-up between lead singer Charlie Fink and former member Laura Marling, which is why she's not on this album.

Charlie is the main man in this group of four guys and his vocals are always interesting - doing justice to the tender and introspective lyrics. Musically it moves between lush soundscapes and folksy melancholy. It rewards repeat listens, and I'll come back to it (in spring).  

Where do they all belong? The deluxe edition comes with a film (also called The First Days of Spring), which I don't have but would be keen to find.

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