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Howboutchu

from Rise Above It All by Skookum

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    SKOOKUM - RISE ABOVE IT ALL – Press Release
    On March 20, 2020, Skookum was ready to play a show at the Roxy nightclub in Vancouver Canada to kick off one last gig before taking 15 new songs into the studio the very next month. But then the world shut down….What came next was months of uncertainty and the band wasn’t sure when or if they could go in and record what they now present as “Rise Above it All”.

    This collection of 10 songs mostly written well before 2020, but in a strange twist of fate, captures the times we live now. A musical journey perfectly encompassing the strange, challenging, and often bleak period of history we are currently experiencing, but always with an underlying current of hope.

    Our most mature and emotional album to date, but always with the patented Skookum tongue in cheek humour our fans have come to expect .

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Socially awkward? ... or complete Ahole.... you be the judge

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Howboutchu?
Red lipstick smile plastersmeared on my face,
My hair is sprayed down tight with a can of mace.
Now I can go on out… and insult the… human race

A mean pair of daytons helps to get me caught,
If I wear Sox and sandals I might get shot
Didn't they tell you? At the fashion school for the dispossessed

(C1) Calm like a bomb …. I’ve blown a gasket or two
Might be hard to recognize... but…
I'm a little off, howboutchu?

(B) Way… off… lifestyle… catastrophe…
Lay off! Howboutchu? You’re just like me...

Inside my fanny pack is every high that you can find
best of intentions may be slightly misaligned
what’s appropriate to do and say to folk is all a state of mind

Crinoline tutu affords the space that I require
Over bright pink spandex, my regular attire
I like to see raised eyebrows of friendlies... before I open fire

(C2) Bet you’d rather-see-that… than hear-what-I-happen to think of you…
It might be hard to recognize… but...
... I'm a little off, howboutchu?

(B) Way… off… lifestyle… catastrophe…
Lay off! Howboutchu? You’re just like me...

BREAK
Slightly harsh reactionist reputation guaranteed
Bewildered smirks are the double takes that I need
I’ll bullhorn holler nonsense syllables until I start a stampede
(C2)

credits

from Rise Above It All, released October 27, 2022
04.Howboutchu (4:09) ~ Words (C. Van Ieperen) Music (CVI, Brad Wilson, Norm Baker)

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Skookum Vancouver, British Columbia

‘Skookum’ is slang for “Big n’ tough”, impressive 'n' cool; but its origin is a Pacific Northwest term for Sasquatch, or fearsome and swift. With powerful riffs, big grooves & a walloping vocal punch they sound Skookum: A scrappy groovin’ band from Vancouver, not afraid to slow down once in a while. Making great music is serious business for this group who claim creativity & laughs as their mantra ... more

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