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The Rise & The Fall

by The Rural Alberta Advantage

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1.
CANDU 03:40
Tether your hopes, on a city full of ghosts You are all alone under Uranium City lights As you screamed, through the Mezzanine Waking up I know its hard to fill the hole with a dream I know the vandals won't strike twice While there's bodies there in the mines I know the tailings build the roads I hope the radiations low All these terrible decisions coming on Are they coming for us or not? Inside of me the poison screams Running out of time to find the space and the need I know its hard to negotiate the dream I know you're working in the cold Still got your father's eye in your skull After the mines they all closed You found your father in the snow All these terrible decisions we forgot Are they coming for us or not? I want to give it time, grow up alone Called from the mountain top you said "all that's left are tableaus" "Maybe it's a matter of time" "Back on the on the edge of an open pit mine" "Maybe it's all working out" "Never thought I'd be the one embracing the doubts" "I know its hard to negotiate the dream" "Maybe I can hear you scream" I know its hard to negotiate the dream Maybe I can hear you scream
2.
3 Sisters 03:41
Lighting grips the highway strips Aways brings you back to this I don't ever want to drive Passing through the Cap tonight, for a song Then we're moving on Sleepy Giants Unemployed Cultural Centers all devoid And if I'm finally gone I'll make it up before we're done Oh, moving on Missing out on the Saulte, lake-effect coming on Oh, moving on If I'm ever wrong I'll make it up before we're gone I don't ever want to drive Take care of me tonight Wait on a Solar Eclipse Glancing past you're pretty lips And if I'm ever wrong I'll make it up before we're done Oh, moving on Missing out on the Saulte, lake-effect was too strong Oh, moving on If I'm ever wrong I'll make it up before we're gone Under the eyes of 3 Sisters We were young, only for a little while Take of me, We were young, only for a little while Under the eyes of 3 Sisters You were young, only for a little while If I'm ever wrong I'll make it before we're gone
3.
Lifetime 03:46
It's a bad mistake to hide From you and the wicked wind Coming on Maybe I was working this out on The darkest day in five It'll bring some change, but I was wrong Honestly we were trying to breathe But creaky seals bring the dust Oh while you were running away I was coming around too All the bad mistakes and I We can whittle them down With the tip of my knife Maybe I've been working too long in The dust I swear it's fine There's gonna be some change coming on Honestly we were trying to see But you were all gone Oh while you were running away I was coming around to Only realize I wasn't strong enough for you Oh it's a long hard year, waiting on the this lonely sun IF I COULD ONLY RUN! It's a long hard year, waiting on the this lonely sun IF I COULD ONLY RUN! I CAN'T STAND Anymore this year, waiting on this lonely sun IF I COULD ONLY RUN! I CAN'T STAND Anymore this year, waiting on this lonely sun IF I COULD ONLY RUN! IF I COULD ONLY RUN! IF I COULD ONLY RUN! Holy fuck it's been a lifetime Since I last saw the light in you Dust in the eyes Arms cold and white And a ghost was killing you
4.
10ft Tall 02:43
Had a dream you were 10ft tall Locked inside your beautiful skull Hanging on through the rise and the fall I went looking around but Never could ever recall What scares you in the life Well I'd vanquish it right in the fog Hazy love & the weight of time ain't bad after all I'll be round for the first final call Biding my time Just waitin around while I'm small All through the night Building on a body of songs But I was there tucked in your head Tallying the days singing songs you forget When you're finally awake & I'm not tall Often in the night I try to pass you advice Over slow moving chords Somehow if you never wake up again I won't stay quiet But the songs still cut through the void But I was there tucked in your head Tallying the days singing songs you forget When you're finally awake & I'm not tall A thousand times I forgot the lines So I sketched this, on the back of your eyes All along I know it's a lot to absorb Please don't stop me if I've told you this all before
5.
AB Bride 03:47
Come cling to me Northern Alberta Bride Sit and listen to the heart, one more time I don't know if we're cementing the designs Getting lost the in weeks hours, maybe more tonight I only wonder about you half the time Standing, waiting on the corner, on the 1st of July I only want to hear the treble lines I only want to sing the treble lines too... The way things are going It's harder than you'll ever know To send you off now with a song Come sing to me Southern Alberta Wife It's been a while somewhere between 10 & 5 I only want to hear the treble lines I only want to hear .... Where you been so long So start where we left it off All along while the day slips by and on The way things are going It's harder than you'll ever know It's a long way where we were once I tried to make the time Try to bring one last song for your now Like we talked back when we were young I'm sending my regards to the coast It's unbearable, impressive, sometimes both Should have tried harder to Let you know, let you know, let you go, Let you know, let you know
6.
Had enough I couldn't figure this out While the flies bid goodbye in autumn's light So while we're sleeping send the clipper forth Since your loss, I sense your summer designs Could swear you seen me before played it over my mind I know this change it brings a heavy heart Breaks us all apart So, I don't know where the days they go I'm always shocked by late September's Snow I don't know where the weeks they go Now we're racing through this endless decline I'm getting lost once in awhile Couldn't grasp the tone, nevermind Barren world are we running outta time I guess the missteps pressed us, back into line I know this change it brings a heavy heart Breaks us all apart So, I don't know where the days they go I'm always shocked by late September's Snow I don't know how the years erode I'm always lost every time you go While you were awake tonight Tossing and a turning while the wind blows, through my mind Always waking up it's getting colder but then I don't know The clipper breathes a sigh Everything’s ending, it's a struggle for the country and I I swear I'm waking up it's getting colder but then I don't know Where the days they go We're always shocked by late September's Snow I don't know how the year erodes I'm always lost every time you go
7.
Real Life 03:12
8.
Plague Dogs 04:12
Two-sun-dogs locked and away outta sight Holding on, to the words, dreams of you while I, thought Winter got the cover in the cold dead light Spring it brought the plague in the dogs We were waiting and quiet If Summer got another lover rolling with the dice Well then Autumn got the bottom of the barrel Just between you and I Left to watch the year die Guess it's the state of my mind Everybody's running out of time Everybody's coming after you and I Everybody's running out of time Even me and you We were getting lost, tried to brush this aside Mother stabbed your father in the arm with the push of a knife Trying to save him from the flies And Of course we can't run, we're running out of time And the weight, on my head, and my heart, its a human mind Whenever its alone Everybody's running on their own Everybody's coming after you and I Everybody's running out of time Even me and you I've had the strangest thoughts To keep the cold war hot I-I-I-I'm getting you down now, Guess the world forgot I-I-I-I'm letting you down getting you down, now, too Everybody's running out of time ....... (running out of time) Everybody's coming after you and I .... (coming after you and I) After me and you Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Two dogs paddle away outta site Running while the words eating you alive You and I alone Two dogs paddle away outta site Running while the words eating us alive You and I alone
9.
Our Youth 02:57
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Lullaby 03:20
11.
Conductors 03:03
Why, why do I run? From the work and the words before it's done Sometimes I'm always waiting on what will never come Before it's done, now every thought weighs a ton Taking it on the chin for a while Taking it like a champ for a while So listlessness just now getting you down Long before we're finally burning out While the machine is just grinding us down Erasing the lines while the flesh is slower now Taking it on the chin for a while Taking it like a champ for a while Sooner be lost in your eyes Sooner be lost for while But I never thought that the little wires Diminshed volts in the heart Well us conductors got potential to still let you down Why, do I run? From the work and the words and thoughts of you and everyone But I never thought that little the wires Diminished volts in the heart Yes us conductors got potential to still let you down
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FSHG 04:23

about

The Rise & The Fall is the fifth studio album from charged folk-rock trio The Rural Alberta Advantage. It is the first album featuring the return of original band member, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Amy Cole alongside Paul Banwatt (drums) and Nils Edenloff (lead vocals, guitar, keyboard).

"All of our music is rooted in a certain amount of heart and honesty. The songs themselves come from a very earnest place and they are really extensions of who we are. Sometimes we hide those emotions with a lot of noise and sonic energy, while other times we leave them raw and bare. I see our albums more as diary entries, or snapshots in time and this one certainly fits that bill," says Edenloff.

The Rise & The Fall is a culmination of navigating songwriting through forced zoom meetings, trading files of song ideas over email, managing rehearsals in borrowed warehouses that allowed for more personal space, and proving that the specialness of the band and their songs could only be found with them all together in one room and especially on stage. Getting back to live performances across North America one small tour leg at a time in 2022 gave The RAA back the chance to rework, cancel and perfect these new songs and bring them back home into studios around Toronto for recording with Gavin Gardiner (All Day Coconut). For the first time, the band focused on writing and recording a few songs at a time, taking their tradition of roadtesting new music to a whole new level of real-time collaboration with their fans. Over the past couple of years, some of the new music has been shared in real time in the form of multiple singles (‘CANDU’, ‘Plague Dogs’) and The Rise EP released in 2022.

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released October 6, 2023

All songs by The Rural Alberta Advantage
Mastered by Joao Carvalho
Art Direction by Dara Kartz
Photography and Design by Leroy Schulz

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