I Love You (EP)

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I Love You
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ReleasedJune 4, 2013 (2013-06-04)
Genre Indie rock
Label Universal Music
Said the Whale chronology
Little Mountain
(2012)
I Love You
(2013)
hawaiii
(2013)

I Love You is the tenth EP by Said the Whale. It was produced by Tom Dobrzanski [1] and was released on June 4, 2013, by Hidden Pony Records. [2] "I Love You", the first single from the EP, peaked at No. 3 on the Mediabase Alternative Rock chart. [3] [4]

Contents

Critical reception

The album is described by The Owl Mag as being "centered on the joys and tribulations of family" [5] while Now magazine portrays the album as "flirty but so G-rated that even the best lyrics are dulled by all the saccharine sweetness". [6]

Said the Ale beer

Concurrent with the release of the EP, Townsite Brewing in Powell River, British Columbia, released a beer named after the band called Said the Ale. [7]

Track listing

  1. "I Love You" - 2:47
  2. "Narrows" - 3:29
  3. "Mother" - 3:12
  4. "Barbara-Ann" [1]

Singles

YearSingleChartPeak
position
2013"I Love You" Canadian Alternative [4] 3

Title track video

The lyric video for the title track "I Love You" portrays a doll with a hula skirt bouncing on the dashboard of a car driving on various types of roads. [8]

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