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Sorry for the great length of silence that has passed on this blog. You may however be pleased to know that the time has been spent most constructively as you will find out below, although I am afraid that this trend will not be stopping anytime soon. In fact this will be my last post until the end of the year or at least until recording of the album has been completed.



There have been two wonderful shows recently that rank among my favourites of all time. The… Continue

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Hope you're all well.



We just pulled in from a short tour of Holland, which was ace. We all enjoyed watching 'Band Of Horses' at the Motel Mozaique festival.



Next week we're off to Scandinavia and Germany for a few weeks and then we're back into writing and recording mode. The dates are up on our myspace along with a couple of new festival dates for the summer, including a show supporting Charlotte Gainsbourg in Lyon. Hopefully we'll see you… Continue

Please watch the video at the end of this link.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erDNEiwQZrg



No ladies and gentlemen it is not footage from an episode of 'Crime Watch' but in fact it's the new video from the rather super 'Planet Earth'. The track is called 'Falling Into Love' and comes out on Young and Lost records on the 19th of April and there is a launch party at 'The Legion' in London on the 27th of April. Find out… Continue

Noah and the Whale have a 4 page feature in the current issue of Death and Taxes. Check out the scans below (click the images to enlarge.)…



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I watch very little television but just recently my attention was drawn to a BBC2 documentary called ‘A Band For Britain’. The programme follows Sue Perkins as she attempts to breathe new life into the Dinnington Colliery Brass Band. It was quite simply one of the funniest, most moving and most affecting things I have ever seen.



I have two reasons to be particularly vulnerable to a programme like this. Firstly because on my mother’s side of my family, my great grandfather was a coal… Continue