Say Hi

Say Hi
Also known as	Say Hi to Your Mom
Origin	Seattle, Washington
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	2002–2017
Labels	Barsuk Records Euphobia Records
Website	ilikesayhi.com
Members	Eric Elbogen

Say Hi (previously known as Say Hi to Your Mom) is a Seattle-based indie rock band formed in Brooklyn in 2002 by Eric Elbogen. Say Hi's albums are mostly recorded at Elbogen's home, with him playing all of the instruments and providing vocals. Elbogen announced the retirement of Say Hi on February 7th, 2017.

Eric Elbogen was born in 1976 and grew up in San Fernando Valley, California. He attended UCLA. He then moved to Brooklyn, New York and created Say Hi to Your Mom in 2002.

He plays a Fender Jazzmaster guitar.

Elbogen most often tours as a solo act, but occasionally employs friends to accompany him as his backing band.

Their fourth release, Impeccable Blahs, was written almost entirely about vampires, though Star Trek is also mentioned. The song "Angels and Darlas" is a reference to Angel and Darla from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel both created by Joss Whedon.

With the release of their fifth album The Wishes and the Glitch, the band shortened their name to "Say Hi". This was done because the earlier name reflected an aesthetic that no longer matched the band's tastes.

Say Hi recently covered The Violent Femmes' "Kiss Off" for American Laundromat Records' charity CD "Sing Me To Sleep – Indie Lullabies" which releases worldwide on May 18, 2010.

Elbogen's lyrics are noted as being one of the band's strengths.

Say Hi's song, "One, Two...One" from Oohs & Aahs was featured in a 2010 Cadillac CTS sports sedan commercial.

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