NOAH and the Whale have announced they will be touring their new album, The First Days of Spring, throughout September and October.

The follow-up to the band’s debut, Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down, will be released on August 31, preceded by a single, Blue Skies, on August 24.

The tour kicks off at The Sage, in Gateshead, on September 27, with a date at Manchester’s Club Academy on September 29. Two dates earlier in September, at London’s ICA, have already sold out. An accompanying film, directed by singer Charlie and starring Daisy Lowe will screen at the Cornerhouse, Manchester, on August 31.