Manitoba Music
Event
- Date
- Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 8pm
- Performers
- Said The Whale
Fast Romantics - Location
- Park Theatre
- Address
- 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
About
The Park Theatre is proud to present Said the Whale, with guests Fast Romantics, on Sunday, May 7th, 2017.
Doors 7:15 pm / Show at 8:00 pm / $25.00 plus fees in advance
Tickets available through the Park Theatre, Music Trader and online
Long before Vancouver’s Said The Whale became a JUNO Award-winning, radio chart-topping indie rock band, it was an exploratory songwriting experiment led by high school friends Tyler Bancroft and Ben Worcester. Now, a decade since their 2007 formation, they have taken the project back to its freeform roots while simultaneously venturing forward into the uncharted art-pop territory.
As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide, the band’s fifth studio album marks a return to the group’s formative philosophies. Set for release on March 31, 2017, via Hidden Pony Records, Said The Whale recorded their latest batch of songs in various Vancouver studios, with We Are The City’s Cayne McKenzie serving as producer; helping to reconfigure song textures, soaking scratch vocals in effects and stitching back together song fragments into completed tracks. The sessions were briefly interrupted by the birth of Tyler’s son, and Jaycelyn, newly married, had to record some of her parts while on her extended honeymoon in Southeast Asia.
“(As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide) is a return to how Tyler and I used to make music,” notes Ben, “which is just experimenting with anything and everything. We started out using Casio keyboards and drumbeats on our computers, and then we turned into a rock band. This is a return to being free to make anything.”
Through all the years, the racked up international tour miles, and internal change the band has weathered, this new record remains true to the spirit of Said The Whale’s classic work. At its core, As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide is a singer-songwriter record, guided by introspective lyrics and arresting alchemical group harmonies. “This is our most personal, earnest record for sure,” Tyler says. “Even the upbeat songs are lamenting and sad.”
Tickets - $25-$30