Noah & the Whale - Worst New Music, 2008 Tour Dates
Noah & the Whale @ Union Pool (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)
“Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down, the debut LP by the London folk-pop quartet, bites its best sensitive-indie forebears and then pukes up all the most superficial chunks. You’ve got your boy-girl harmonies: Charlie Fink sounds like a UK Jens Lekman covering Pedro the Lion; Laura Marling is more Amelia Fletcher. You’ve got your quirky, mostly sprightly arrangements: acoustic guitar, ukulele, banjo, glockenspiel, handclaps, fingersnaps, strings, horns, eccentric percussion… the full Sufjan Stevens. You’ve also got your trite generalities, ridiculous philosophical musings, utterly banal narrator, and, most damningly, no recognizable sense. of. humor. at. all. This is twee pop you might order in a kit, ask Dad to put together, and then leave on a shelf for the dust to cover up (the sooner the better).” [Marc Hogan, Pitchforkmedia.com]
Noah & the Whale will return to the United States in December. Tickets go on sale at noon for a headlining show at Bowery Ballroom. All dates below…
Noah & the Whale – 2008 Tour Dates
Oct 11 – Barfly – GONZO ON TOUR Birmingham
Oct 19 – Students Union Loughborough
*****NOAH AND THE WHALE HEADLINE TOUR***** UK
Oct 20 – Zodiac Oxford
Oct 21 – The Duchess *SOLD OUT* York
Oct 22 – The Cockpit Leeds
Oct 24 – Fat Sams *SOLD OUT* Dundee
Oct 25 – The Arches Glasgow
Oct 26 – Liquid Rooms Edinburgh
Oct 27 – Academy 3 *SOLD OUT* Manchester
Oct 28 – Whelans Dublin
Oct 29 – The Limelight Belfast
Oct 31 – MTV Liverpool Music Week @ Bumper Liverpool
Nov 1 – Recue Rooms *SOLD OUT* Nottingham
Nov 2 – Phoenix *SOLD OUT* Exeter
Nov 3 – Wedgewood Rooms *SOLD OUT* Portsmouth
Nov 4 – Waterfront *SOLD OUT* Norwich
Nov 6 – Koko *SOLD OUT* London
Nov 7 – Concorde 2 *SOLD OUT* Brighton
Nov 8 – Kasbah Coventry
Nov 9 – Thekla *SOLD OUT* Bristol
Nov 10 – Junction Cambridge
Nov 11 – Glee Club Birmingham
Nov 12 – Leadmill Sheffield
Nov 13 – The Old Fire Station Bournemouth
Dec 2 – ****NOAH AND THE WHALE HEADLINE U.S TOUR II**** All Over
Dec 2 – Black Cat Washington DC
Dec 3 – Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, PA
Dec 4 – Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
Dec 6 – Middle East Upstairs Boston, MA
Dec 8 – La Scala Rosa Montreal, Que
Dec 9 – El Macambo Toronto, ONT
Dec 11 – Magic Stick Detroit, MI
Dec 12 – Empty Bottle Chicago, IL
Dec 13 – 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
Dec 16 – Chop Suey Seattle, WA
Dec 17 – Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
Dec 18 – Troubadour Los Angeles, CA
Dec 19 – Independent San Francisco, CA
Mar 6 2009 – London
Mar 6 2009 – Shepherds Bush Empire London
