4 weeks ago 16th Apr 15:04
Noah and the Whale have recently played a blinder of a tour with Adam Green and a rapturously received date with Kate Nash at the Astoria as part of the NME Awards show, not to mention their performances at South by South West and two acclaimed singles, '5 Years Time' and '2 Bodies 1 Heart' under their belts.
Their new single, Shape of My Heart is released on May 5th, and they are putting the finishing touches to their debut album which will be released this summer.
21-year-old Charlie Fink is the lead singer and songwriter. He honed his skills through a childhood immersed in music. 'My mum is a total folky', he explains. 'Until I was about 14 she had me convinced that she'd written 'This Land is your Land' by Woodie Guthrie. I think she's a big part of the reason it feels totally natural for me to be onstage.'
The north-London band is completed by Charlie's brother Doug on drums, Tom (Fiddle) on fiddle, and old friend Matt on bass and whatever else he can find in his deep bag of musical tricks.
I caught up with Charlie, Urby and Tom from the band (Doug was busy) to talk about getting recognised on trains, Chinese fortune cookies and the pizza delivery guy (Fiddle from the band apparently).
C: Loads of words get used but my favourite is post-grunge folk. (Reviewers say 'beautiful and inspired folk', 'carefree and relentlessly breezy' and 'whimsically nostalgic').
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