Say Hi

Say Hi has broken up thirty seven times in the last decade. If the band were what most casual listeners assume it is (i.e., a traditional four piece rock outfit), things would have run their course shortly before the release of the first record in 2002. But the resilient (if mopey) bedroom recordist Eric Elbogen, who performs everything you hear on the Say Hi records and recruits musicians to perform the material live, always manages to continue moving forward, despite the ample foils that keep presenting themselves. Musicians have been fired more often than not, and for every conceivable reason. Some have quit. Others have simply stopped returning phone calls. And while this does weigh heavily on the 34 year old multiinstrumentalist, who’s been searching for appropriate collaborators for more than 20 years, it doesn’t surprise him, given his lust for detail and seemingly endless quest for perfection. Elbogen never shies from the opportunity to self-deprecate, so he’s the first to refer to himself as a tyrant when it comes to his methods of hiring and ... um ... torturing... more...