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Noah and the Whale single news!

July 19, 2009 at 12:49 am Leave a comment

Noah and the Whale have given fans an opportunity to preview their upcoming album on their official website. If you haven’t done so already, visit Noahandthewhale.com to download the album’s title-track absolutely free. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: If I could make babies with a song, it would be “The First Days of Spring”. The song is one of those once-in-a-blue-moon rarities –a song so damn near perfect that if it were to take human form it would be that dark haired, blue-eyed boy with the killer smile that you were hopelessly in love with at sixteen. “First Days” builds slowly and steadily, until finally erupting into a wave of extraordinary sound as the high-pitched wavering of the violin tugs at your heartstrings. When it’s over, you’re ready to stand outside its window in the rain holding a boombox blasting Peter Grabriel. It’s love.

DOWNLOAD: Noah and the Whale – The First Days of Spring

Released on August 24th, “Blue Skies” will be the first official single from the album The First Days of Spring (released August 31st). Opening with the honest declaration that ‘this is a song for anyone with a broken heart’, “Blue Skies” combines Charlie’s signature lovelorn voice and dulcet backing vocals to reassure the depressed owners of a broken heart that the overwhelming pain they feel will begin to fade once they start letting go (I don’t think that it’s the end/ but I know we can’t keep going/ Blue skies are coming/ but I know that it’s hard). Noticeably absent from the single is Tom Hobden’s violin. Instead, “Blue Skies” is driven by the sound of horns and piano, whose presence helps build upon the overall encouraging message of the song.

LISTEN to “Blue Skies” on myspace
DOWNLOAD: Noah and the Whale – Blue Skies (Yacht Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Noah and the Whale – Blue Skies (Death to the Throne Remix)

You can purchase the “Blue Skies” single through Young and Lost Club on August 24th

Signed copies of the deluxe edition of The First Days of Spring (CD + DVD) are available for pre-order here. Order yours quick as copies are limited! You can also pre-order the album at HMV. If you’re like me and can’t afford the import (almost $40 for the CD/DVD!!), the album and film will hopefully be getting an official release stateside through Cherrytree soonafter the UK release. We just have to be a bit more patient. We may even get some screenings of the film! Fingers crossed.

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