(photo: Vanessa Heins)

I’m pretty positive that I wrote a post sometimes back on Vancouver’s Said The Whale, around the time they released the Talking Abalonia EP in 2007.  Unfortunately, I don’t have any documented proof of it in my archives, because it was one of the ill-fated posts that was zapped by Blogger prior to moving QBiM to its new home last year.  Even more unfortunate is that I don’t remember just what I had to say about the band, so I hope I don;t repeat myself too much in this post (although if I did, who would know it?  All those rabid QBiM fans who memorize my posts and try to one-up each other quoting from them?)

I get the sense that most any review you read of Said The Whale’s music will sound like a repeat:  honest-to-goodness straight ahead indie-pop of a fine pedigree, seasoned with salty tales of the sea and a flair for the melodramatic at times.  You could call them the coastal opposite of Two Hours Traffic.  Their new album, Islands Disappear is out in the shops now, and has been given the seal of approval by none other than George Stroumboulopoulos himself, so there you go.

The band are in Edmonton tonight, with shows in Lethbridge tomorrow, Canmore on Sunday, and Kelowna on Monday.  Our Albertan and B.C. friends looking for a good time need look no further than the band’s Myspace site for all the particulars.

MP3: Said The Whale “Camilo (The Magician)”
Myspace: Said The Whale