Noah and the Whale – review

(Mercury)After 2009's inward-looking The First Days of Spring, Noah and the Whale have opened up on their jaunty third album to explore other people's lives at moments of departure and change. In Charlie Fink's vivid vignettes, young hopefuls break away from home in search of adventure, while more seasoned travellers look back over their mistakes and contemplate what remains. The lyrics are filmic and are nicely observed – "Time can make more rubble out of dreams than anything," Fink observes ...

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