Said The Whale

Said the Whale
Said the Whale, 2012 Grey Cup Street Party
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Indie rock, Indie folk
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Hidden Pony Records
Website	www.saidthewhale.com
Members	Ben Worcester Tyler Bancroft Jaycelyn Brown
Past members	Spencer Schoening Laura Smith Jeff LaForge Colin Dodds Peter Carruthers Nathan Shaw

Said the Whale is a Vancouver-based indie rock band started by Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft in 2007.

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.

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.

In the spring of 2011, Said the Whale toured the U.S. for the first time. During this time they were the subject of the CBC documentary Winning America directed by Brent Hodge and Thomas Buchan. The movie documented the band's trip and performances along the West Coast of North America on their way to and from Austin, Texas's SXSW Music Festival and culminated when Said the Whale won the Juno Award for New Group of the Year at the 2011 Juno Awards. The documentary aired on July 23, 2011 in British Columbia, and on April 7, 2012 across Canada.

They released their EP New Brighton on November 8, 2011, in preparation for their third full-length album, Little Mountain, released internationally on March 6, 2012.

In early 2012, the band was awarded a spot on the Canadian music magazine Rockstar Weekly's list of the "Top 12 RockStars to Watch in 2012". The list also included Van Halen, The Rolling Stones, and Rush. The band performed at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in 2012 and 2013.