Said the Whale
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Indie rock, acoustic |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Hidden Pony Records |
| Website | www.saidthewhale.com Myspace page |
| Members | |
| Ben Worcester Tyler Bancroft Nathan Shaw Spencer Schoening Jaycelyn Brown |
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| Past members | |
| Laura Smith Jeff LaForge Colin Dodds Peter Carruthers |
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Said the Whale is a Vancouver-based indie rock band started by Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft in 2007.[1]
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[edit] History
Their debut EP Taking Abalonia was released in 2007. It was re-released with seven new songs on June 3, 2008 in Canada as a full-length LP under the name Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia. Their EPs Let's Have Sound and West Coast Christmas are available for download free of charge on their website.
On July 1, 2009, Said the Whale released the EP The Magician to drum up anticipation for the release of their second full length album Islands Disappear on October 13, 2009.
On November 18, 2010, the band placed second behind rapper Kyprios in CKPK-FM's 2010 Peak Performance Project, winning $75,000.[2]
Said the Whale toured the U.S. for the first time in Spring of 2011. They played shows along the West Coast on their way to and from Austin's SXSW Music Festival.
Said the Whale won the Juno Award for New Group of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards.[3]
Said the Whale are the subject of the CBC documentary Winning America which aired on July 23, 2011, so far only in BC.
They released their EP New Brighton on November 8, 2011, in preparation for their third full-length album, set to be released in early 2012.
In early 2012, the band was awarded a spot on the Canadian Music Magazine Rockstar Weekly list of the Top 12 RockStars To Watch In 2012. The list also contained Van Halen, The Rolling Stones, Rush and others.[4]
[edit] Awards
- 2011: Juno Award for New Group of the Year - Said the Whale
[edit] Members
- Current
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- Ben Worcester – guitar, vocals (2007-present)
- Tyler Bancroft – guitar, vocals (2007-present)
- Nathan Shaw – bass
- Spencer Schoening – drums
- Jaycelyn Brown – keyboards
- Former
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- Laura Smith – keyboards (2007)
- Jeff LaForge – bass (2007-2008)
- Colin Dodds – keyboards (2008)
- Peter Carruthers – bass (2009-2011)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio Albums
- Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia (June 3, 2008)
- Islands Disappear (October 13, 2009)
- Little Mountain (March 6, 2012)
[edit] EPs
- Taking Abalonia (2007)
- Let's Have Sound (March, 2007)
- West Coast Christmas (December, 2007)
- West Coast Christmas 2008 (December, 2008)
- The Magician (July, 2009)[5][6]
- West Coast Christmas 2009 (December, 2009)
- Bear Bones (February, 2010)
- Xmas EP (December, 2010)
- New Brighton (November, 2011)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | Chart peak | Album | ||||||
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| CAN Alt [7] |
CAN Rock [8] |
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| 2009 | "Camilio (The Magician)" | — | — | Islands Disappear | |||||
| 2011 | "Heavy Ceiling" | 12 | 41 | Little Mountain | |||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Said the Whale members love Vancouver 'like a woman'". Vancouver Province, September 23, 2008.
- ^ "Kyprios Wins $100,500 in Vancouver's Peak Performance Project". Exclaim!, November 19, 2010.
- ^ "Vancouverites Said the Whale and Lil'Bit take home JUNOS". Vancouver Observer, March 27, 2011.
- ^ "Top 12 RockStars To Watch For In 2012". RockStar Weekly, 2012.
- ^ Harper, Kate (2009-05-28). "Said The Whale Are Magicians". Chart (magazine). http://www.chartattack.com/news/70323/said-the-whale-are-magicians. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
- ^ "Said The Whale: The Magician". Upper Management Recording Company. http://uppermusicstore.com/en/products.details.php?id=236. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
- ^ http://canadianrockalt.blogspot.com/2012/02/alternative-rock-february-7-2012.html
- ^ http://canadianrockalt.blogspot.com/2012/02/active-rock-february-28-2012.html
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