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    Noah and The Whale at Islington Assembly Hall Review

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    The band Noah and the Whale played an intimate homecoming show at Islington Assembly Hall in London, marking the end of their Heart of Nowhere tour. The setlist included both new songs and old classics that pleased fans. Highlights included the first live performance in years of "2 Bodies 1 Heart" and fan favorites like "5 Years Time". The band engaged the crowd by throwing out an inflatable beach ball and playing the song requested by whoever caught it. The show had a positive impact on fans, leaving them wanting more from the talented band.

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    The band Noah and the Whale played an intimate homecoming show at Islington Assembly Hall in London, marking the end of their Heart of Nowhere tour. The setlist included both new songs and old classics that pleased fans. Highlights included the first live performance in years of "2 Bodies 1 Heart" and fan favorites like "5 Years Time". The band engaged the crowd by throwing out an inflatable beach ball and playing the song requested by whoever caught it. The show had a positive impact on fans, leaving them wanting more from the talented band.

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    Noah and the Whale

    Islington Assembly Hall, 10th December

    As the first song erupted, Tonights the Kind of Night, I knew that tonight would be the night exceeding my expectations of a band with an undeniable talent, even after seeing them four times.

    The faint background music of Bohemian Rhapsody set the tone for the night as it was overtaken by the 500 Noah-devotees collectively belting out every lyric as they awaited the one-off, homecoming show, marking the end of the Heart of Nowhere tour. The show took place in the Heart of Islington stylish Upper Street at a stunning, intimate venue adjoining the town hall. This setting was a pleasant change from their support for Vampire Weekend at the O2 amongst 20,000 people just a few weeks before. Before long: Fred, Michael, Urby, Tom and Charlie (in their customarily formal attire) took to the stage. The first surprise of the evening was hearing the first live performance of 2 Bodies 1 Heart since 2009 following its single release. Originally recorded with Laura Marling, this song follows the story of the first stages of being in love where a strong attachment is felt towards that one person. It features the lyric two atoms in a molecule, inseparably combined, like a piece of rope made out of two pieces of vine. This was preceded by a song from their debut album, 2 Atoms in A Molecule to which the words

    similarly appear in. This shows how original we are with the song writing. remarked the lead singer, Charlie Fink. It wasnt long before the famous four chords introducing 5 Years Time lit up the room. Most people would associate Noah and the Whale with this song, their first top ten hit, guaranteed to get every member of the crowd imitating the dance moves in the official music video on YouTube. Then, Charlie promptly swapped his classic white Fender for the acoustic. It was time for Old Joy. The contented vibes of this beautiful song allowed time for the audience to catch their breath. Then, with eight songs down, Charlie muttered thats the end of our set; the rest is up to you. This was the next surprise. Suddenly a giant, multi-coloured and inflatable beach ball appeared on set. It was thrown into the crowd and whoever caught it could request any song off their 4 LPs. Instantly my favourite song, Life is Life, came to mind just in case I would be the lucky receiver. Thankfully every song chosen brought an ideal balance of the latest hits and the old classics which seemed to please everybody, especially me as this included my preference. What seemed like the final song was decided democratically between First Days of Spring or Give It All Back to which the first option received the most cheers. It is the mindblowing opening track of the second album which adopted the same title. The enthralling violin solo left not a dry eye as the quintet left for the encore. Uproar then spurred their return onto the stage to which the boys made the decision to play both songs. This brought about the third and final surprise. I'd give it all back just to do it again perfectly articulated the emotions of the entire crowd, all of whom would be diagnosed with post-gig depression for a substantial time-period in the coming months as the band work on their next album. Hopefully the symptoms wont last too long. Word count: 578

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