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Said the Whale – “I Love You”

April 27, 2013
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Said the Whale has a new EP called I Love You coming out on June 18, and the Vancouver band has shared a lyric video for the title track. It’s a catchy new wave number. Check out the clip below.


 
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Said the Whale – “Loveless”

May 22, 2012
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My favourite song from Said the Whale’s Little Mountain is either “The Reason” or this one, “Loveless.” Certainly, this sunnily romantic number has the album’s biggest and best pop hook. When you’re done listening to Little Mountain, this is the chorus that you’ll still be turning over in your head.


 
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Said the Whale – “The Reason”

April 22, 2012
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“The Reason” is probably my favourite song from Said the Whale’s recent album, Little Mountain. It’s a piano-led number that’s one of the catchiest tunes in the band’s oeuvre, and it showcases the full power of Ben Worcester’s voice. Watch a video for the song below.


 
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PREMIERE: Said the Whale – “Seasons”

March 20, 2012
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Said the Whale has been rolling out videos for every song from the excellent Little Mountain, and I’m very happy to be able to offer the world premiere of the clip for the closing number, “Seasons.”

The track is a delicate and romantic piano ballad sung by drummer Spencer Schoening. While the lyrics describe the changing of the seasons, this frosty video is pure winter.

I first heard this song when Spencer played it during a solo set at a coffee shop a couple of years ago. I thought it was beautiful, so I was very happy to hear it the first time I listened to Little Mountain (which you should get, if you haven’t already).


 
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Said the Whale – “Heavy Ceiling”

January 27, 2012
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I was at Said the Whale’s very first show almost five years ago, so it has been pretty exciting to follow the band’s rise. Its latest single is a Tyler Bancroft-sung number that’s one of the band’s most straight-up rockers to date.

Die-hards may remember that this is actually a rewritten version of a prior non-LP track, although this version is a little heavier on the guitars and lighter on the synth.

This comes from the band’s excellent forthcoming LP Little Mountain.


 
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Said the Whale – “New Brighton”

November 14, 2011
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Vancouver’s Said the Whale has always specialized in organic-sounding folk and breezy pop rock, but this latest tune just might be the band’s most intricate yet. Recent EP title track “New Brighton” contains the usual chiming guitars and honeyed melodies we expect from Said the Whale, but there are also some prog-tinged scale-ups and -downs, and one hell of a dissonant chord right around the one-minute mark. Adding to the song’s off-kilter charm is the fact that the lyrics are apparently sung from the perspective of a microbialite in BC’s Pavillion Lake.

Of course, there’s also a killer, harmony-laden chorus hook. Duh.


 
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Said the Whale – “Lines”

October 4, 2011
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Two days, two much-loved Vancouver acts. Following yesterday’s track from Dan Mangan, here’s the latest single from Said the Whale. It’s called “Lines,” and it comes from the upcoming EP New Brighton, due out through Hidden Pony on November 8.

It contains cyclical guitar riffs and ’60s-tinged “ooh la la la” vocal harmonies that capture Said the Whale at its most catchy and pop-friendly. This first appeared on CBC Radio 3 last week, and is now available to stream below.

Go to Exclaim! to learn more about the EP.


 
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Let’s not worry for a bit

August 16, 2011
I was gonna do a photoshoot but then I got high
Sunny Pompeii is led by Said the Whale drummer Spencer Schoening. Hear the climactic acoustic rocker “Who Knows Who Knows” below. Said the Whale fans will enjoy this if they like a dash of Fleet Foxes and the Flaming Lips in with their catchy pop rock.

This comes from the oh-so-punny EP Breakfast of Champignons, due out August 26. Go to Exclaim! to get the scoop.

On a different note, I saw this today.


 
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Holly, far from home

March 15, 2011
Members of the Hollerado-Tang Clan
A few weeks ago, I went to the launch party for Teen Daze’s Cultus Vibes label. I lost my scarf at the party, and Teen Daze helped me to track it down a few days later. Thanks for being thoughtful, Teen Daze!

Here’s his latest remix. It’s for Vancouver’s Said the Whale. He turned the band’s acoustic ballad “Holly, Ontario” into a banging electro track.

Go to Exclaim! to read my write-up about the remix (and here for my article about Said the Whale getting its gear jacked).


 
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Seasonal cuisine, finest of them all

December 23, 2010
Orange wristbands for everyone
For the fourth consecutive year, Said the Whale has released a Christmas EP. It’s only got two songs (one of which is barely a minute long), so it’s really more a single. But it’s free, so who’s complaining? I interviewed singer Tyler Bancroft about the new EP for a brief piece in the Georgia Straight.

You can pick up both tracks for free over at the band’s official site. My favourite of the two is the silky “Brightest on My Street,” which you can download below. With its falsetto harmonies and swirling organ, this is halfway between Bon Iver and modern R&B.

MP3: “Brightest on My Street”
 
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