Narwhals is the long-running project of Mancunian singer-songwriter Jacob Patrick. Despite being built around Jacob’s deeply personal and poetic songwriting and characteristic baritone crooning, Narwhals has always been a collaborative effort with other musicians, most notably over many years with brothers Michael and Phill Ward, Ben Hunter and Tim Norman. Their sound has been likened to The National, Frightened Rabbit and Joy Division but draws on a range of influences from the blissed out post-rock of Sigur Ros or Mogwai to the hard-edged grunginess of Nirvana.
Their debut album “Two Dark Windows” was released in 2018 and encompassed a body of work written over 10 years. Their 2022 single “3310 & A Pterosaur” was their first release with Bread Records and their second single “Airport Runs” was released on the 15th December 2023, followed by their third single “Unstitched” (9th February 2024), joined by their next single “Moor Fires” (14th June 2024); culminating with their album “New Years Drunk In A Cocktail Bar“, due for release later in 2025.
The project currently consists of two parts with the aforementioned Ward brothers assisting with the production of upcoming releases while the live band consists of new collaborators Ignacio Maximo and Liam Middleton.
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