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First Listen

First Listen: Noah And The Whale

September 29, 2009 • Noah and the Whale's The First Days of Spring is the breakup album of the year, maybe even the album of the year, and it comes out Oct. 6. Which means that, as of this writing, you have exactly seven days to torpedo a personal relationship in such a way that these songs can nurse your psychic wounds.

Best Music Of 2008

The Top 11 Debut Albums Of 2008

KEXP

December 8, 2008 • Not to be outdone by its fellow Top 10 listmakers, KEXP presents its Top 11 debut albums of the year. Seattle's Fleet Foxes headlines a deep class of great rock, pop, disco, hip-hop, folk and electro-dance records.

Review

Second Stage

Noah And The Whale: '2 Atoms In A Molecule'

October 7, 2008 • Chances are you've heard at least one song by the London-based Noah and the Whale. Recently, the folk-rock band had its immutably cheerful tune "5 Years Time" featured in a Saturn SUV commercial. Clapping, whistling and ukulele play joyfully together with choruses capable of inducing a Diabetic coma from all the sugary sweetness. But there's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes the world needs an extra dose of sunshine, and the members of Noah and the Whale make that their specialty.

2 Atoms in a Molecule

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Noah And The Whale: A Folk-Pop Band, Forever In Flux

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Music Interviews

Noah And The Whale: A Folk-Pop Band, Forever In Flux

August 10, 2011 • Noah and the Whale has inspired a devoted following ever since its first album landed in the British Top 10 in 2008. But success hasn't come easily, and its sound has changed constantly.

Noah And The Whale: A Folk-Pop Band, Forever In Flux

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Tiny Desk

Noah And The Whale: Tiny Desk Concert

August 10, 2011 • A few years ago, Noah and the Whale would have seemed like the last band to bring a drum machine to a Tiny Desk Concert. But here, the London band plugs in — and sweet simplicity still reigns.

Noah And The Whale: Tiny Desk Concert

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Sasquatch 2011: Noah And The Whale, Live In Concert

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Sasquatch Music Festival

Sasquatch 2011: Noah And The Whale, Live In Concert

June 2, 2011 • The peppy Last Night on Earth caught Noah and the Whale fans off guard. But its new songs are conducive to amphitheater-based listening while beach balls bob around overhead.

Sasquatch 2011: Noah And The Whale, Live In Concert

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Favorite Sessions

Noah And The Whale: Following Its Muse

WFUV

May 19, 2011 • Noah and the Whale got its start at the leading edge of the current folk revival in the U.K. But the band's new album, Last Night on Earth, is full of fist-pumping, sing-along songs, engineered to make you move.

Noah And The Whale: Following Its Muse

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The Best Music Of 2009

Discussion: The Year In Music, 2009

December 14, 2009 • On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen talks with Carrie Brownstein, Stephen Thompson and Robin Hilton about the year in music.

Discussion: The Year In Music, 2009

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All Songs Considered

New Noise Rock From Polvo, Singer-Songwriter A.A. Bondy, Danish Pop And More

September 14, 2009 • On this edition of All Songs Considered: Chapel Hill band Polvo, new music from the Danish band Mew, singer-songwriter A.A. Bondy, an ambitious new album from the folk-rock group Noah and the Whale.

New Noise Rock From Polvo, Singer-Songwriter A.A. Bondy, Danish Pop And More

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Best Music Of 2008

Songs Of The Year: Best Music Of 2008

December 23, 2008 • Here are the 10 songs that Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson treasured the most in 2008.