这张《Peaceful The World Lays Me Down》是来自英国伦敦的独立流行乐团Noah and the Whale的首张正式专辑，在本周的英国流行音乐专辑榜中，本张专辑首周上榜，空降第五位，算是一个相当出色的成绩了。
Noah and the Whale由Charlie Fink（主唱/吉他/口琴/夏威夷四弦琴）、Tom Hobden（小提琴）、Urby（脚踏式风琴/贝斯）、Laura Marling（伴唱）和Doug Fink（鼓）等几位成员组成。早在去年九月，Noah and the Whale乐团就通过Young and Lost Club厂牌推出了他们的首支单曲《5 Years Time》。今年1月，乐队又推出了他们的第二支单曲《2 Bodies, 1 Heart》，同样得到了歌迷的好评。又经过了半年多的酝酿，Noah and the Whale终于推出了这张完整的专辑。从第一首《2 Atoms In A Molecule》开始，这张专辑就透出欢快清新的民谣气息，在炎热而容易令人烦躁的夏天，这样的歌儿是很容易博得听众好感的。上口的旋律、主唱Charlie Fink挺有特点的声音、富有活力的小提琴、轻松的木吉他、舒缓的弦乐、随意的口哨...都是这张《Peaceful The World Lays Me Down》吸引人的地方，喜欢旋律化的Indie Pop和民谣的歌迷们应该会喜欢这张专辑。

Last Night On Earth. This is the story of last night on earth. Ten tracks to tell one, many and countless tales. Ten tracks that look through the pane, beyond reflection, into the night dark and the lives burning brightly within it. It may be their last night on earth. It may just feel that way.
Our third album is adventurous like its journey from Bethnal Green synagogue via the Thames riverbank across the Atlantic, the United States and all manner of Los Angeles neon-lighted highways. But it is unmistakably Noah and the Whale.