Vancouver’s very own Said the Whale has just released their new album Dandelion and it may be their best one yet. Featuring hit songs like 99 to the Moon, Honey Lungs, and Show me Everything the band’s seventh studio album is quickly taking off as one of their best to date.

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With the rise in popularity quickly becoming so prominent, here are some things you may not have known about Vancouver’s Said the Whale.

The band was started in 2007 by Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft, both of whom man the Microphone and lead guitar. That same year they released their first EP, before re-releasing it a year later with the addition of several more songs.

In the spring of 2011 the band toured the United States for the first time landing the band in Texas where the band was a feature of Winning America, a CBC documentary. The documentary followed their west coast tour down to Austin where they took part in the SXSW music festival. 

The feature would wrap up at the 2011 Juno Awards which saw the band win Best New Group of the Year.

In 2012 the band was named atop the “top stars to watch” list put out by music magazine Rockstar Weekly. Naming them the top spot over established bands like Rush, Van Halen, and The Rolling Stones.

Most recently, earlier this year Bancroft announced his new record label EVERYTHING FOREVER. The debut recording for the label will be the single I do Yeah by fellow Vancouver artist Titus Bank. Additionally the label will provide two grants biannually for artists age 21 and under with the hope to grow more young talent not just in Vancouver but Canada as a whole. 

Said the Whale is riding high off their latest album release, and with the band being an additional signing to the EVERYTHING FOREVER record label themselves, they do not seem to be slowing down any time soon.