The Juno-award-winning indie rock band Said the Whale is set to release their first album since 2019 followed by their first tour since the Covid-19 restricts essentially shut down the live music scene almost 2 years ago. The album is entitled Dandelion and five of the nine songs on the album have already been released including 2 crowd favourites Sweetheart and 99 to the Moon which already has over 100,000 streams on Spotify alone. Aside from the nine songs on the album three music videos will be released to Honey Lungs, Everything She Touches is Gold to Me and Show Me Everything all of which have already been released. 

Said the Whale got their start back in 2007 with the release of their first EP Taking Abalonia which was then re-released again back in 2008 as a full album with 7 new songs. One album, two Ep’s and four years later the group won the Juno Award for New Group of the Year Award in 2011. Since then the band has released 4 studio albums which have all graced the Canada Top 100 list. 

Said the Whale is used to hitting the road and touring, doing so for most of their 14-year career. So the Covid-19 induced break lead to the group being able to take a step back from touring and focusing on new music, saying on their website that…

“Singer-songwriters Tyler Bancroft and Ben Worcester, plus keyboardist Jaycelyn Brown and bassist Lincoln Hotchen, threw themselves fully into working on new material with producer Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat) at his Tugboat Place Studio, resulting in the most towering, maximalist music of their careers.”

With that being said it will be great to see Said the Whale, back in action live as they set off for their tour on November 2nd, tackling the western United States before hitting the Canadian east coast and finally back out to western Canada and Vancouver on March 24, 25, and 26.

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