Oceans Will Rise is the third and most recent album by Montreal

Montreal

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 band The Stills

The Stills

The Stills were a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 2000. The band consists of Tim Fletcher , Dave Hamelin , Olivier Corbeil , and Liam O'Neil , Gregory Paquet .-History:The band members have known each other since the age of...

, released August 19, 2008.

In late 2007, Toronto

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-based record label Arts & Crafts

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 signed the band to a worldwide recording deal. Once again working with producer Gus van Go, The Stills' new material, beginning with the anthemic lead single, "Being Here", conveys a rejuvenated, reinvigorated sense of being.

According to vocalist Tim Fletcher, the group felt "a raw energy of inspiration" during the new album's recording efforts that was absent in previous sessions. Two tracks, "Being Here" and "Rooibos/Palm Wine Drinkard", were first available for download via Spin magazine

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's website.

Oceans Will Rise was awarded a Juno Award

Juno Award

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 for 'Alternative Album of the Year' during the 2009 Juno Awards Gala on March 28, 2009.

The track "Everything I Build" was featured in the 2009 ABC television series Defying Gravity

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episode "Rubicon".
The track "I'm With You" was featured in an Alexander Keith's beer commercial in Canada.

Track listing

1. "Don't Talk Down" – 4:08
2. "Snow in California" – 3:52
3. "Snakecharming the Masses" – 4:21
4. "Being Here" – 3:29
5. "Everything I Build" – 3:47
6. "Panic" – 3:43
7. "Eastern Europe" – 3:08
8. "Hands on Fire" – 4:57
9. "Dinosaurs" – 3:45
10. "I'm With You" – 3:22
11. "Rooibos
    Rooibos
    Rooibos is a broom-like member of the legume family of plants growing in South Africa's fynbos.The generic name comes from the plant Calicotome villosa, aspalathos in Greek. This plant has very similar growth and flowers to the redbush...
    
    /Palm Wine Drinkard" – 5:43
12. "Statue of Sirens" – 4:02

Singles

• "Being Here" (August 4, 2008)
• "Don't Talk Down" (December 15, 2008)
• "I'm With You" (April 2009)