Time: 8 p.m.
Tickets:$25 advance
Think Tank Events presents....
An Evening with SAID THE WHALE
Said The Whale http://saidthewhale.com/
Ben Worcester, Tyler Bancroft, Spencer Schoening, Jaycelyn Brown, Nathan Shaw
Vancouver's Said The Whale has been on a steady upward trajectory for the past six years, as relentless touring and a prolific
string of releases have led to successes including a JUNO Award in 2011
for New Group of the Year and nationally charting singles. In 2013, the
tireless five-piece — which includes dual songwriters Tyler Bancroft
and Ben Worcester, drummer Spencer Schoening, keyboardist Jaycelyn Brown
and bassist Nathan Shaw — will continue to break down doors by
releasing its most adventurous and hook-filled batch of songs yet.
The band formed in early 2007 and, following some early EPs, released
the debut-full length Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia in 2008. Said The
Whale began to amass a grassroots following through frequent tours, and
they scored a string of Canadian radio successes with the albums Islands
Disappear (2009) and Little Mountain (2012). These albums earned
attention from media outlets like Spin, BBC 6 Music, and Consequence of
Sound, and the band was profiled in the nationally televised CBC
documentary Winning America. Said The Whale has been nominated for two
more JUNO Awards in 2013 for Alternative Album of the Year and Recording
Package of the Year (alongside art director Andy Dixon) for Little
Mountain.
In keeping with this inexhaustible work ethic, the
band is releasing another new collection of songs in the form of the
four-song I Love You EP, due out June 18, 2013, on Hidden Pony Records.
Once again teaming with longtime studio collaborator Tom Dobrzanski (We
Are the City, the Zolas) at his Monarch Studios, the musicians pushed
their musical limits and honed their love of fast, punchy pop-rock.
"In the past I've felt pressure to write 'radio' songs, or 'cool' songs
or whatever, but this time I went into the writing process with mindset
of 'Fuck everything, I'm just going to write what makes me happy,'"
says Tyler Bancroft, explaining that the songs were written with a clean
slate and no expectations. Ironically, what resulted were some of Said
the Whale's catchiest, most accessible songs yet. The singer observes,
"It turns out I just like pop music."
This affection for melody
shines on I Love You's title track which is led by a surge of post-punk
guitars and careens between spiky choruses and a sunny, sock
hop-inspired bridge. Elsewhere, the Worcester-sung "Barbara-Ann" is a
buoyant blend of heartfelt romance and '60s-style vocal harmonies, while
"Mother" is a synth-heavy new wave banger. These upbeat songs were
mixed by Canadian studio guru Gus Van Go (Hollerado, the Stills).
"I spend so much time chipping away at my thoughts, trying to get to
the core, and right now I'm finding it easy," Worcester says. "I've
never felt more creative." He adds that the lovestruck mood of
"Barabara-Ann" was inspired by a couple who own a hammock store in
Vancouver. "It's a proposition to someone special, suggesting that we
too can live together like this this beautiful pair of chilled out
lifers," he reveals.
The EP offers a taste of Said The Whale's
fourth album, due out this fall. These latest sessions found Bancroft
taking on the role of co-producer, and he guided each song in bold new
directions without adherence to genre. "Rather than record in one big
session, we used the 'hip-hop method' of doing two or three songs at a
time," he reflects. "This let us focus all of our energy on each song
without getting overwhelmed."
The new material was penned in a
surge of creativity that found Bancroft and Worcester letting their
guard down and following their instincts. "My songs on this album are
the most vulnerable songs I've ever written," notes Bancroft. "Lyrically
it's the most honest I've ever been."
I Love You EP is the
sound of a band already on the top of its game breaking free from all
expectations and boldly reinventing its identity. And with a new
full-length close behind, expect to see more new sides to Said The Whale
soon.
Vancouver’s SAID THE WHALE will be touring Canada in the spring of 2016
in a reverse engineering exercise to road test new material for their
next album. The Juno-award winning group have committed to a tour with a
full set of songs that literally haven’t been written yet. Each night
will be a set of brand new material, followed by a set of Said The Whale
classics.
Band frontman, Tyler Bancroft noted: “This tour is a
looming deadline for us to finish some new songs. In the past we’d
return home from tour being able to play and relate to our news songs
much better than when we first recorded them. So, this tour will be a
way to test out new songs and work them
out in a live setting before we head into the studio this summer. It can
be difficult winning over a crowd with all new material. This is going
to be an exciting challenge.”
Tickets for the tour will be on sale this Friday December 11 as of 10:00 am.
Sunday, May 1st, 2016
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