Noah and the Whale Presents the A Sides Noah and the Whale Presents the A Sides Noah and the Whale Presents the A Sides is a limited edition EP released on 25 December 2008 by the folk rock band Noah and the Whale on Mercury Records Limited. Only 2500 copies of the album were released on 12" vinyl with all of the proceeds going towards the charity Age Concern. Recorded over two nights with a two-take limit, the album is described on the Young And Lost Club website as "A mixture of unheard originals and covers, and ground-breaking artwork from the band’s long-term collaborator Alex Brenchley, the raw
The A-Sides Beatlesque pop rock. In late 2001, Barthmus enlisted Fleming and Cosentino for a new project intended to make music in this mold. The informal trio spent the better part of a year jamming with various drummers until settling on then-incoming Drexel sophomore Marsceill in August 2002. Marsceill's induction into the fold marked the official founding of The A-Sides. The quartet recorded a demo in Marsceill's basement and began to play shows in the Philadelphia and Allentown area. At a show in Allentown, Prison Jazz Records founder Chuck Keller offered the A-Sides the opportunity to record a 7-inch single for the