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Rise

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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RISE
RISE ABOVE IT ALL . . . / RIDE THE STORM BEFORE THE CALM
Some people like to stay asleep / Some people like to stay in school,
Believe what’s on the TV / Content to gathering wool
Some tend to spend beyond their means / While just a few own it all
Feels like we’re wasting our lives …Saving up for one
RISE ABOVE IT ALL . . . / RIDE THE STORM BEFORE THE CALM

Your likes are online cocaine / So won’tcha gimme s’more
It gets me so excited that my teeth are sore
Search for information; use your instincts hard Drive
Points you in the right direction but it’s your job to A-RRIVE….
Oh no! I’m being altruistic again
Your mind, this is where you truly create
Oh no! I’m being altruistic again
Your life, this is a terrible thing to waste
***~BREAK~***

RISE ABOVE IT ALL . . . / RIDE THE STORM BEFORE THE CALM
This Shudda Cudda Wudda second-guessing on the brink
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make ‘em think
My arms outstretched / my face to the sun
Your hands held tight/ mouth on the gun
Oh no! I’m being altruistic again X 4 ***~BREAK~***

RISE ABOVE IT ALL . . . / RIDE THE STORM BEFORE THE CALM

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from Rise Above It All, released October 27, 2022
02.Rise Above (3:51) ~ Words (C. Van Ieperen) Music (CVI, Dave Pollock)

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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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