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On The First Days of Spring, Charlie Fink mourned the absence of ex-girlfriend/ex-bandmate Laura Marling while the rest of Noah & the Whale churned up a sympathetic mix of folk and sad-eyed indie rock. Released two years later, Last Night on Earth finds the band recharged and redirected. “He used to be somebody, now he’s someone else… and it feels like heaven,” Fink sings on the opening track, a tribute to transformation that doubles as the album’s mission statement. Although released during the golden days of England’s indie folk scene, Last Night on Earth reaches far beyond the genre, relying heavily on keyboards and leaving the acoustic riffage to Mumford & Sons. Some of the basslines are synthesized instead of plucked, and some of the percussion is programmed instead of played. At times, the band appears single-minded in its determination to turn over a new rock, and the album suffers whenever Last Night on Earth focuses on presentation -- the polished production, the overdubbed handclaps -- instead of content. But those moments are few and far between. Noah & the Whale sound genuinely happy to be exploring a new direction, and tracks like “Tonight’s the Kind of Night” fuse the Arcade Fire’s chest-swelling anthems with smart, radio-ready sensibilities. On “Wild Thing,” Fink proves he can still wring some serious mileage out of melancholy, too, delivering a Matt Berninger-like vocal over synths and lonely guitar lines.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
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Lenny Castro, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Lader, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Fawcus, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Mims, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Fink, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Noah And The Whale, Unknown, Other, MainArtist - Bryan Wilson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Owens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hobden, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Victor Indrizzo, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Lader, Producer, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Fawcus, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Mims, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Fink, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noah And The Whale, Unknown, Other, MainArtist - Bryan Wilson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Owens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hobden, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jen Turner, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Lenny Castro, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Lader, Producer, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Mims, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Fink, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Noah And The Whale, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Owens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hobden, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Amsden, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Lenny Castro, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Lader, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Mims, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Fink, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Noah And The Whale, Unknown, Other, MainArtist - Matthew Owens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hobden, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Adam MacDougall, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jen Turner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Lenny Castro, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Lader, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Fawcus, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Mims, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Greco, Marimba, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Fink, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noah And The Whale, Unknown, Other, MainArtist - Bryan Wilson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Owens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hobden, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jen Turner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Lader, Producer, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Fawcus, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Mims, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Fink, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Noah And The Whale, Unknown, Other, MainArtist - Bryan Wilson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Owens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hobden, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Adam MacDougall, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jen Turner, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Carapetis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Fawcus, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Fink, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noah And The Whale, Performer, Unknown, Other, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Wilson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Owens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hobden, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Lenny Castro, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Lader, Producer, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Fawcus, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Fink, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noah And The Whale, Unknown, Other, MainArtist - Bryan Wilson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Owens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hobden, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Adam MacDougall, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jen Turner, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Russell Fawcus, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Fink, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noah And The Whale, Performer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Wilson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Owens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hobden, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Lader, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Mims, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Fink, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noah And The Whale, Unknown, Other, MainArtist - Matthew Owens, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Hobden, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Adam MacDougall, Moog Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Abbott, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
On The First Days of Spring, Charlie Fink mourned the absence of ex-girlfriend/ex-bandmate Laura Marling while the rest of Noah & the Whale churned up a sympathetic mix of folk and sad-eyed indie rock. Released two years later, Last Night on Earth finds the band recharged and redirected. “He used to be somebody, now he’s someone else… and it feels like heaven,” Fink sings on the opening track, a tribute to transformation that doubles as the album’s mission statement. Although released during the golden days of England’s indie folk scene, Last Night on Earth reaches far beyond the genre, relying heavily on keyboards and leaving the acoustic riffage to Mumford & Sons. Some of the basslines are synthesized instead of plucked, and some of the percussion is programmed instead of played. At times, the band appears single-minded in its determination to turn over a new rock, and the album suffers whenever Last Night on Earth focuses on presentation -- the polished production, the overdubbed handclaps -- instead of content. But those moments are few and far between. Noah & the Whale sound genuinely happy to be exploring a new direction, and tracks like “Tonight’s the Kind of Night” fuse the Arcade Fire’s chest-swelling anthems with smart, radio-ready sensibilities. On “Wild Thing,” Fink proves he can still wring some serious mileage out of melancholy, too, delivering a Matt Berninger-like vocal over synths and lonely guitar lines.
© Andrew Leahey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:12
- Main artists: Noah And The Whale
- Composer: Charlie Fink
- Label: Co-operative Music
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2011 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
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