#stranded whale

The news of another mass stranding at Farewell Spit is enough to upset anyone, but it’s especially crushing to anyone who’s ever attending one of these events.

Hearing the whales calling to each other on the beach is so distressing, I don’t know that I could do it if it wasn’t for the fact that sometimes, just sometimes, we get some back to the water and they survive.

Stranded Whale at 玉成戲院錄音室 YuChen Cinema Studio, recorded last July.  2 songs have been posted!   =D

Voc/Gtr-Jabin Law, Voc/Gtr-Tomii Chan, Drum-Dean Li, Bass-Chun Hin Leung, Keys-YiKin Lo 

The band has been quiet the last few months, but other members have their own projects. And sadly, the band announced the end of Stranded Whale, but promised a couple of unreleased things will be shared soon.

More links:  SoundCloud, YouTube, (Jabin’s SoundCloud & YouTube)  (Tomii’s solo Bandcamp, SoundCloud, & YouTube)

Let’s hear one of Jabin Law’s recent solo songs, from his 3rd solo album, A Bite Of Hell:

Let’s hear a hypnotic and contemplative solo tune from Stranded Whale frontman Jabin Law.   =D

This is from his 3rd solo album, 專輯《A Bite Of Hell》(bandcamp link has full lyrics), released on November 1st.   Official: jabinlaw.com/

(Stranded Whale)

Stranded Whale are Voc/Gtr-Jabin Law, Voc/Gtr-Tomii Chan, Drum-Dean Li, Bass-Chun Hin Leung, Keys-YiKin Lo.

These guys always have a beautiful sound; they self-describe as Urban Folk, Folk Rock, Blues.  I would add Progressive Folk to that. =D

If you prefer video to plain audio, here is the official MV for Scars, (2016):

Bonus clip: Here they are at a Sofar Sounds Hong Kong session. This performance was this past April:

Listen/purchase: Why Don't You? [7"] by Stranded Whale

Stranded Whale pre-order for a 2-song single. Here’s the intro blurb at bandcamp (part of a much longer description): 

“Why Don't You? is the second record in the This Ain't Gonna Cut It series by Stranded Whale - one of Hong Kong's best folk group to date.” 

A #humpback #whale has #stranded in West Seattle, volunteers may be needed.

Please check with the West Seattle Blog for updates and to see if your help is needed.

From their blog:

FIRST REPORT, 7:58 AM: In just the past few minutes, we’ve received multiple messages about what people describe as a whale in trouble south of the Fauntleroy ferry dock.

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0acX3ZKXYo4?rel=0

One texter says Washington State Ferrieshas contacted NOAA; before…

“The fortunate Orca apparently became stuck on some rocks just off the coast of British Columbia in Canada on Wednesday morning (23 July 2015).”

“One man spotted the distressed whale, and he called a group, The Guardians from Hartley Bay, who traveled to the site to try and help.”

“The rescuers brought in a water pump to help keep the whale wet and also covered the mammal with damp sheets.”

“It took six hours, but the whale was finally freed when the tide rose enough, and the group shared an image of it back safely in the water.”

"It took her about 45 minutes to negotiate how best to get off the rocks."

"We all just kept our distance at that point."

- Hermann Meuter, a co-founder of Cetacean Lab

“The young orca almost immediately reunited with her pod after she escaped off the rocks.”