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Bands are blooming at Blue Flowers
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| Noah and the Whale lead singer Charlie Fink |
Those nice boys at Blue Flowers do not lie. When we spoke to promoter Chris early last summer, he intimated plans were afoot for a Blue Flowers expansion later in the year.
And he was right. First came December's Poetry and Song night at the Lyric in Hammersmith, with a much-touted debut from Edward Larrikin's new band, The Pan I Am. Then, a few weeks later, the team staged a New Year's Shindig at Westbourne Studios starring Foals.
Big venues, even bigger crowds and the biggest band on the block - Blue Flowers is blooming. But it's reassuring to see the team has yet to give up on the good ol' George IV on Chiswick High Road, where their adventure began.
Headlining the first Sunday gig of 2008 are Twickenham's Noah and the Whale. If Edward Larrikin, Jamie T and Kate Nash were first generation BF, then Noah and the Whale are part of its second wave, along with Bobby Cook and the Sleepers and Florence and the Machine.
Before you suspect Blue Flowers has some kind of random band-name generator running in the backroom of the pub, I would stress each of these acts has its unique sound. And I, for one, like Noah and the Whale's the best, despite comments from some parts of the Press.
Their new single, 2 Bodies, 1 Heart, is a beautifully pared lovesong, featuring a cameo from Laura Marling, rumoured to be going out with lead singer Charlie Fink.
History does not relate whether the pair met in the George IV beer garden but Noah and the Whale supported Marling at Blue Flowers' third birthday party last year and stole the show with their understated strumming and old-school band T-shirts.
What he will be wearing this Sunday is anyone's guess. But expect the Blue Flowers audience to be the usual mix of west London 20-somethings and tousled teens.
Support comes from NYLon songstress Leona Naess, Mumford and Sons, and Nottinghamshire reggaeist Liam Bailey. Chess Club DJs provide entertainment between the acts.
3:16pm Thursday 7th February 2008
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