Noah and the Whale Embark on October Headline Tour Supporting Their New Album
NPR Music Offers “Exclusive First Listen”
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Noah and the Whale embark on an October headlining tour supporting their new album and its accompanying film The First Days of Spring, out October 6 on Cherrytree/Interscope. They will kick things off at L.A.’s famed Roxy venue on October 20 playing select cities across the U.S. before ending the tour with a special event to be announced soon. In addition, there will be a number of intimate screenings of the film in select cities.
The U.S. release and tour come on the heels of the August 31 U.K. release where the album debuted in the Top 10 and was met with an overwhelming response: NME 9/10 – “…Spiritualized-tinged grandiose beauty,” The Sunday Times 4/5 – “…a masterpiece,” 4/5 Q Magazine – “breathtakingly beautiful,” 4/5 MOJO – “Breathtakingly ambitious.” In addition, the band performed this past August on the main stages of Reading and Leeds, where they shared the bill with Radiohead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party and Vampire Weekend.
In 2008, chief singer and songwriter Charlie Fink first began thinking of making an album that was also a film, and as he sees it, vice versa. The First Days of Spring was recorded in London and New York with producer Emery Dobyns (Patti Smith, Antony & The Johnsons) and the film was shot on location in London and Surrey with an ensemble cast that includes model Daisy Lowe. The film can be seen as a companion piece to the album, as a visual version of it, or as a piece of work in its own right but this decision is one which Noah and the Whale have decided to leave up to the listener and viewer.
NPR Music is currently streaming the entire new album, one week ahead of its official release. The First Days of Spring is available for free, on-demand listening now through October 6 at npr.org/music, as part of the site’s “Exclusive First Listen” series.
Tour Dates
10/01/09 Thu Oxford Academy Oxford, GB
10/02/09 Fri Koko London, GB
10/04/09 Sun Waterfront Norwich, GB
10/05/09 Mon The Junction Cambridge, GB
10/07/09 Wed Concorde 2 Brighton, GB
10/08/09 Thu The Rockhouse DERBY, GB
10/10/09 Sat Exeter Phoenix Exeter, GB
10/11/09 Sun Komedia Bath, GB
10/12/09 Mon Princess Pavilion Falmouth, GB
10/14/09 Wed Leadmill Sheffield, GB
10/15/09 Thu Oran Mor Glasgow, GB
10/16/09 Fri Birmingham Academy Birmingham, GB
10/20/09 Tue The Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, CA
10/22/09 Thu Swedish American Hall San Francisco, CA
10/24/09 Sat Crocodile Cafe Seattle, WA
10/25/09 Sun Doug Fir Portland, OR
10/29/09 Thu Lakeshore Theater Chicago, IL
10/30/09 Fri The Pike Room Pontiac, MI
10/31/09 Sat Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
11/07/09 Sat Debaser Stockholm, SE (w/ Phoenix)
11/08/09 Sun Brew House Gothenburg, SE (w/ Phoenix)
11/09/09 Mon Rockefeller Oslo, NO (w/ Phoenix)
11/10/09 Tue Vega Copenhagen, DK (w/ Phoenix)
11/12/09 Thu Docks Hamburg, GER (w/ Phoenix)
11/13/09 Fri Ringlokschuppen Bielefeld, GER (w/ Phoenix)
11/14/09 Sat E-Werk Cologne, GER (w/ Phoenix)
11/15/09 Sun Theatre Fabrik Munich, GER (w/ Phoenix)
11/17/09 Tue Zapata Stuttgart, GER (w/ Phoenix)
11/18/09 Wed Cocoon Frankfurt, GER (w/ Phoenix)
11/20/09 Fri Alte Feuerwache Mannheim, GER (w/ Phoenix)
11/21/09 Sat Huxley’s Berlin, GER (w/ Phoenix)
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