» Review: Noah and the Whale
Noah and the Whale’s debut album, Peaceful The World Lays Me Down, at times sails dangerously close to twee novelty, despite the strong songwriting and accomplished musicianship. Thankfully, tonight’s show dismisses these fears with a rousing performance that lends new vigour to their tunes. A formidable brass section and electric guitar fuses the folk sound of pastoral England to the swaggering frontier motif of a Sergio Leone Western, raising the game of ‘Five Years Time’ and ‘Give A Little Love’ to anthemic levels. Sadly, this doesn’t always work, with weaker numbers given undeserved prominence, but by and large this is a sophisticated, confident show.
Concorde 2, 7 November
3/5
Nick Aldwinckle






