Said the Whale packs the house pop style

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Vancouver pop/rock band Said the Whale packed the Slice, Tuesday, July 27.
 Victoria’s Aidan Knight started things off with a hypnotic Radiohead groove which captivated an almost capacity crowd through the use of a variety of instruments.

A violin cut through the chatter coming Said The Whale’s Tyler Bancroft broke out the ukulele for the last part of the band’s set, July 27. Photo by Richard Amerythrough the back of the room and the keyboardist played some piercing French horn simultaneously while the violinist doubled on bass. Knight expressed surprise at the extended cheers his band received.


If Aidan Knight put any of the crowd to sleep,  the crazy keyboards of We Are The City woke them up with their own brand of upbeat pop which had most of the audience up dancing almost immediately.

The drummer was a wild blur of energy who channeled the Muppets’ drummer Animal.Aidan Knight and his band  laid  down a mellow groove. Photo by Richard Amery


 But everyone was there to see Said the Whale, who kept the crowd dancing through an intense set of  upbeat pop songs, mostly from their new Cd. They featured hair raising sugar sweet vocal harmonies, chiming guitars and addictive melodies.

They also displayed prowess on unusual instruments The keyboardist  added extra xylophone and they wound down their set by bringing out the ukulele, which left the audience screaming “Said The Whale” over and over again until they came back to play a couple encores.

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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