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Not All There

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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Not All There
I’m a slave to the system
even though I know the system is rigged
We learn to keep our expectations low
We’re still told to think big

I’ll give the same stale prediction…
that I’ve made since I was told..
That I’ll be paying bills to someone …
until long after I’m old.

I’ve got an appetite for happiness… that’s fit for a King
My share of hopes n dreams.. will make a wild child (?) scream
WE go thru all the same-motions… it’s not that we don’t care
Everybody knows we’re here … cuz we’re not all there … … .. We’re here … cuz we’re not all there

I’ve got a golden ticket …. To the better life…
To a bigger slice
If we just sign along the dotted line
I’m told we’ll find Paradise

Except it never gets better.. Someone else holds all the cards
How did they get the upper hand
Pretty paper apparitions
Making diamonds out of sand

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from Rise Above It All, released October 27, 2022
01.Not All There (3:31) ~ 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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