: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Sister Ray : Album.......: Believer : : Label.......: Royal Mountain Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: RMR-183-2 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2025-08-17 Str.date....: 2025-04-04 Quality.....: 240kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://sisterraymusic.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Believer 3:43 2. Animal Thing 3:22 3. Magic 3:47 4. Andrew Alexander 2:01 5. Wings 2:54 6. Unfolding 3:37 7. Building 3:24 8. All Mine 2:51 9. Change 3:03 10. Christmas 2:41 11. Diamonds 4:10 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 35:33 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 64.36 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: At some point you confront the fact that you ve evolved into the :, : person you ll be forever. On Believer, the sophomore effort by : :' Sister Ray, the expansive folk project led by Toronto-based ': ,: singer-songwriter Ella Coyes, they evaluate what it means to :, : hold your center while continually reappraising how to make : :' sense of the world. Conjuring the barbed alternative folk and ': ,: sweeping Americana of Tom Waits, Smog, and Lucinda Williams, the :, : album unfurls and claws towards a greater emotional precision. : :' Patient, heaving guitar lines defer generous space to ': ,: shimmering keys and steady percussion, all held together by :, : Coyes' unmistakable voice. Recorded in Brooklyn, New York, Coyes : :' worked with frequent collaborator and producer Jon Nellen (Big ': ,: Thief, Nick Hakim), as well as Marc Ribot (Tom Waits), Paul :, : Spring (Holy Hive, Fleet Foxes, El Michaels Affair), and Isaiah : :' Barr (Dev Hynes, David Byrne) to experiment with a new process: ': ,: pushing themselves to cut a song a day with minimal revisions to :, : let the seams show. : :' ': ,: Exploring a form of songcraft inspired by the meditative power :, : of repetition, instrumental synchronicity, and the many ways : :' emotions can hang heavy in a song, they foreclosed on the ': ,: option to second guess themselves. Instead, they created an :, : outlet for all the contemplations that sit on the tongue and : :' behind the teeth. What emerged was a collection of tracks, both ': ,: luminous, lived-in imbued with a stirring confidence and :, : designed to stare down a private form of truth. Throughout, they : :' confront the unnerving parts of our psyche where rage, envy, ': ,: and anguish take up residence. "Magic" is a resolute and joyous :, : Valentine to the self, adorned with victorious horns to match; : :' "Believer" cranks the tension on a golden-toned yearning for ': ,: salvation in the face of skepticism; elsewhere, "Wings" captures :, : the playful and bewildering contradiction of slowed-down POV : :' roller coasters, of longing to fly and also remain tethered. ': ,: :, : From learning how to extend grace to family and map the terrains : :' of relational unravelings, to reshaping the body into a refuge, ': ,: Believer is a striking testament to the countless ways we can :, : redefine how to stick the landing Born and raised in the Alberta : :' prairies of Sturgeon County, and now based in Toronto, the ': ,: 25-year-old artist earned widespread attention with their :, : acclaimed debut effort, Communion and follow up EP, Teeth. : :' Backed by ginla's Joe Manzoli and Jon Nellen, both of whom ': ,: previously played with Adrianne Lenker and Lorely Rodriguez :, : (Empress Of), the record was an unvarnished portrait of : :' heartbreak, and the mundane realizations of how the experiences ': ,: that comprise your past instruct how you move through the world. :, : . The album was longlisted for the 2022 Polaris Prize, and : :' across both releases they have been featured in Pitchfork, ': ,: Audiotree, Paste, NPR, The Guardian, Line of Best Fit and more, :, : along with tours supporting Hurray For The Riff Raff, and : :' appearances at Pitchfork Festival in Paris and London, ': ,: Primavera Weekender. :, : : :' If the tracks on Communion were fueled with an intentional ': ,: sense of urgency, for their songwriting to serve as a vehicle :, : for excavating revelations in motion, Believer yearns in a : :' different direction. It rings with the certainty that ': ,: self-assurance is cultivated through the cracks of discomfort. :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / GREETS: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ \/