1. First Days Of Spring, The
2. Our Window
3. I Have Nothing
4. My Broken Heart
5. Instrumental I
6. Love Of An Orchestra
7. Instrumental II
8. Stranger
9. Blue Skies
10. Slow Glass
11. My Door Is Always Open


Artist: Noah And The Whale
Title: The First Days Of Spring
Store Date: 31 aug 2009
Upload Date: 12 jul 2009
Label: Mercury
Genre: Indie folk
Cover: front
Bitrate: 320 kb/s, joint stereo


This is a beautiful album. Moving rather than maudlin, uplifting rather than depressing. Instrumental 1, all strings and brass and piano, is like the overture to a David Lean epic, not least because it leads straight into the mighty, hot-stepping, choir-driven Love Of An Orchestra.
This is the love song that I write while still in love with you, Fink sings over booming drums, and more choral backing vocals oh the standout Blue Skies. Next to the irresistible-yet-twee-ish indie-pop of last year's Top 10 summer hit 5 Years, he's upped his game quicksmart.
Impressionistic symphonic-pop maestro Sufjan Stevens, back this autumn with a new album, had better watch his back. Here is a song-painter blessed with huge talent.