Noah And The Whale - Shape Of My Heart/ Death By Numbers

Noah and The Whale create the kind of pure, beautiful and inspired songs that soundtrack your dreams. Taking folk - in its broadest sense - as a starting point, and then running off in a hundred playful directions, this young, London-based four piece are effervescing with ideas and ambition.

21 year old Charlie Fink is the group's vocalist, songwriter and visionary. Blessed with an innate gift for melody and with a turn of phrase that can make the simplest sentiment seem like a revelation, Charlie 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 she'd written 'This Land Is Your Land' by Woody Guthrie. I think she's a big part of the reason it feels totally natural for me to be onstage."

The band is completed by Charlie's brother Doug on drums, Tom on fiddle, and old friend Matt on bass and whatever else he can find in his deep bag of musical tricks. The band's live performances have earned them a loyal following on the London scene; they played more than 100 gigs in 2007 including supports with Feist, Broken Social Scene and Laura Marling, who often provides vocals and percussion for Noah’s live show and whose critically-acclaimed album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, Finks produced.

With two acclaimed singles - '5 Years Time' and '2 Bodies 1 Heart' under their belts already, Noah & The Whale are putting the finishing touches to their debut album which will be released this summer.

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