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Artist......: Sister Ray
Album.......: Believer
Label.......: Royal Mountain Records
Genre.......: Indie
Catnr.......: RMR-183-2
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2025-08-17
Str.date....: 2025-04-04
Quality.....: 771 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://sisterraymusic.com
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1. Believer 3:43
2. Animal Thing 3:22
3. Magic 3:47
4. Andrew Alexander 2:01
5. Wings 2:54
6. Unfolding 3:37
7. Building 3:24
8. All Mine 2:51
9. Change 3:03
10. Christmas 2:41
11. Diamonds 4:10
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,: At some point you confront the fact that you ve evolved into the :,
: person you ll be forever. On Believer, the sophomore effort by :
:' Sister Ray, the expansive folk project led by Toronto-based ':
,: singer-songwriter Ella Coyes, they evaluate what it means to :,
: hold your center while continually reappraising how to make :
:' sense of the world. Conjuring the barbed alternative folk and ':
,: sweeping Americana of Tom Waits, Smog, and Lucinda Williams, the :,
: album unfurls and claws towards a greater emotional precision. :
:' Patient, heaving guitar lines defer generous space to ':
,: shimmering keys and steady percussion, all held together by :,
: Coyes' unmistakable voice. Recorded in Brooklyn, New York, Coyes :
:' worked with frequent collaborator and producer Jon Nellen (Big ':
,: Thief, Nick Hakim), as well as Marc Ribot (Tom Waits), Paul :,
: Spring (Holy Hive, Fleet Foxes, El Michaels Affair), and Isaiah :
:' Barr (Dev Hynes, David Byrne) to experiment with a new process: ':
,: pushing themselves to cut a song a day with minimal revisions to :,
: let the seams show. :
:' ':
,: Exploring a form of songcraft inspired by the meditative power :,
: of repetition, instrumental synchronicity, and the many ways :
:' emotions can hang heavy in a song, they foreclosed on the ':
,: option to second guess themselves. Instead, they created an :,
: outlet for all the contemplations that sit on the tongue and :
:' behind the teeth. What emerged was a collection of tracks, both ':
,: luminous, lived-in imbued with a stirring confidence and :,
: designed to stare down a private form of truth. Throughout, they :
:' confront the unnerving parts of our psyche where rage, envy, ':
,: and anguish take up residence. "Magic" is a resolute and joyous :,
: Valentine to the self, adorned with victorious horns to match; :
:' "Believer" cranks the tension on a golden-toned yearning for ':
,: salvation in the face of skepticism; elsewhere, "Wings" captures :,
: the playful and bewildering contradiction of slowed-down POV :
:' roller coasters, of longing to fly and also remain tethered. ':
,: :,
: From learning how to extend grace to family and map the terrains :
:' of relational unravelings, to reshaping the body into a refuge, ':
,: Believer is a striking testament to the countless ways we can :,
: redefine how to stick the landing Born and raised in the Alberta :
:' prairies of Sturgeon County, and now based in Toronto, the ':
,: 25-year-old artist earned widespread attention with their :,
: acclaimed debut effort, Communion and follow up EP, Teeth. :
:' Backed by ginla's Joe Manzoli and Jon Nellen, both of whom ':
,: previously played with Adrianne Lenker and Lorely Rodriguez :,
: (Empress Of), the record was an unvarnished portrait of :
:' heartbreak, and the mundane realizations of how the experiences ':
,: that comprise your past instruct how you move through the world. :,
: . The album was longlisted for the 2022 Polaris Prize, and :
:' across both releases they have been featured in Pitchfork, ':
,: Audiotree, Paste, NPR, The Guardian, Line of Best Fit and more, :,
: along with tours supporting Hurray For The Riff Raff, and :
:' appearances at Pitchfork Festival in Paris and London, ':
,: Primavera Weekender. :,
: :
:' If the tracks on Communion were fueled with an intentional ':
,: sense of urgency, for their songwriting to serve as a vehicle :,
: for excavating revelations in motion, Believer yearns in a :
:' different direction. It rings with the certainty that ':
,: self-assurance is cultivated through the cracks of discomfort. :,
: :
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