Oceans Will Rise

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Oceans Will Rise
File:Oceans Will Rise Album Cover - The Stills.jpg
Studio album by The Stills
Released August 19, 2008
Recorded 2007-2008
Genre Indie rock
Length 48:16
Label Arts & Crafts
Producer Gus van Go, The Stills
The Stills chronology
Without Feathers
(2006)Without Feathers2006
Oceans Will Rise
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 64/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
Blender 4/5 stars[3]
eMusic 4/5 stars[4]
Pitchfork Media (5.8/10)[5]
Pop Matters 6/10 stars[6]
Reax Magazine 4/5 stars[7]
Spin 2.5/5 stars[8]
Sputnikmusic 3/5 stars[9]

Oceans Will Rise is the third and final album by Montreal band The Stills, released August 19, 2008.

In late 2007, Toronto-based record label Arts & Crafts signed the band to a worldwide recording deal. Once again working with producer Gus van Go, The Stills' new material, beginning with the anthemic lead single, "Being Here", conveys a rejuvenated, reinvigorated sense of being.[10]

According to vocalist Tim Fletcher, the group felt "a raw energy of inspiration" during the new album's recording efforts that was absent in previous sessions.[11] Two tracks, "Being Here" and "Rooibos/Palm Wine Drinkard", were first available for download via Spin magazine's website.

Oceans Will Rise was awarded a Juno Award for 'Alternative Album of the Year' during the 2009 Juno Awards Gala on March 28, 2009.

The track "Everything I Build" was featured in the 2009 ABC television series Defying Gravity episode "Rubicon". The track "I'm With You" was featured in an Alexander Keith's beer commercial in Canada.

Track listing

  1. "Don't Talk Down" – 4:08
  2. "Snow in California" – 3:52
  3. "Snakecharming the Masses" – 4:21
  4. "Being Here" – 3:29
  5. "Everything I Build" – 3:47
  6. "Panic" – 3:43
  7. "Eastern Europe" – 3:08
  8. "Hands on Fire" – 4:57
  9. "Dinosaurs" – 3:45
  10. "I'm With You" – 3:22
  11. "Rooibos/Palm Wine Drinkard" – 5:43
  12. "Statue of Sirens" – 4:02

Singles

  • "Being Here" (August 4, 2008)
  • "Don't Talk Down" (December 15, 2008)
  • "I'm With You" (April 2009)

References