  
Noah And The Whale are responsible for some of
the most irritating catchy songs of the past 5
years with the likes of ‘L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N’,
‘Tonight’s The Kind Of Night’
and ‘Life Is Life’ dominating the
airwaves and also gaining huge reactions at the
festival circuit which Noah And The Whale relentlessly
play each and every summer.
Well Noah And The Whale are now back with their
new studio album ‘Heart Of Nowhere’
which features 10 new tracks which all have the
potential to become fan favourites. The album
opens with a short instrumental introduction before
blasting into the title track ‘Heart Of
Nowhere’ which is full of violins, bouncy
basslines which help to maintain such a positive
grove through, vocally you have Charlie Fink laying
down his loud and clear vocals whilst guest vocalist
Anna Calvi comes in with a fantastic vocal performance
which is easily going to help ‘Heart Of
Nowhere’ become the anthem of the summer
for many people, especially when it is released
as a single in the near future and graces the
airwaves on regular rotation.
The two singles ‘Lifetime’ and ‘There
Will Come A Time’ which have already been
released are easily a duo of strong tracks from
the album and it is so easy to see why they were
chosen to be released as singles as ‘Liftime’
pays homage to the bands folk background whilst
maintaining the catchiness that Noah And The Whale
are known for, whilst ‘There Will Come A
Time’ also stays true to the bands folk
routes yet is vocally massive with such a big
build up when Charlie Fink starts singing “There
will come a time, there will come a time”
over and over again.
‘Still After All These Years’ is a
beautiful number and really does have the potential
to become a future single just for the fact that
it has such a nice simple beat and stunning guitar
line running throughout the song with well written
lyrics covered so well by Charlie Fink.
Album closer ‘Not Too Late’ is a perfect
finish to the album instrumental work is really
toned down whilst Charlie Fink put’s everything
into his strong vocal performance as he sings
“I wanna give you a job, but I can’t,
Wanna find my own way to be a man, I wanna fight
in a war, Don’t wanna raise my hand, I wanna
find my own why to be a man” with such passion.
I feel that ‘Heart Of Nowhere’ is
a progression from ‘Last Night On Earth’
and shows a much more mature side to Noah And
The Whale but I do feel that the album lacks the
big catchy sing-a-long choruses that ‘Last
Night On Earth’ had to offer, but don’t
let that put you off checking out ‘Heart
Of Nowhere’ as there are still some great
songs on offer.
3.5/5
Review by Trigger
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