Noah And The Whale - Presents... The A Sides

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4...according to our Brett on Thu 15 Jan, 2009.

I was at my mate Angry Steve's flat a couple of months back and the UK top ten was on the telly and Noah and the Whale were in it which I thought was weird because I didn't know they were a big band. And they sounded reasonably good as well which was weird because they were in the top ten. This A Sides 12" was apparently recorded in spare studio time and is weird because it doesn't sound like the other stuff of theirs I've heard. It's got a far more rough and ready garagey indie feel to it with tons and tons of personality and also a fair bit of ballsiness and energy. Brian reckons it sounds a lot like Rock and Rock With The Modern Lovers which was an kids' album they did in the olden days which is weird because I haven't heard that and I've heard everything usually. Good value for seven tracks including Smokey Robinson and Daniel Johnston covers as well as a weird Christmas comic. And the profits all go to Age Concern, which is weird because that's a really nice thing to do. Unexpectedly ace!

Noah and the Whale present The A Sides: four men, one studio, two late nights and a two take limit. The A Sides are the product of left-over studio time from recording Noah and the Whale B sides. Freed from a subterranean high-security safe of mainstream musical conformity by London’s finest purveyors of cutting-edge crushed velvet musical mayhem, Young and Lost Club are releasing a limited pressing of 2500 12” EPs in time for Christmas on December 22nd. A mixture of unheard originals and covers, and ground-breaking artwork from the band’s long-term collaborator Alex Brenchley, the raw raucous punk energy of the recordings promises to dislocate ossicles and fracture conventional musical sensibilities.

Push club night bore witness to the single legendary ferocious live outing for The A Sides in May 2008 of which limited video footage exists (‘The A Sides: Punk Be Thy Name - http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=33617719).

Inspired by the success of their visit to grandfather Cyril’s retirement home (‘Noah and the Whale live from Gretton Court’ - http://www.noahandthewhale.com/live-at-gretton-court/) and the seasonal spirit, the band have decided that all profits from the release and from a second live show on the release date will go to the charity Age Concern.

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