We Rise (album)
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| Studio album by Devilskin | ||||
| Released | 11 July 2014 | |||
| Studio | York Street Recording Studios, New Zealand | |||
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| Length | 48:14 | |||
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| Producer | Clint Murphy | |||
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We Rise is the debut studio album by New Zealand metal band Devilskin. It was released in 2014 and debuted at #1 on the New Zealand charts and went platinum in 2015.
The songs on the album were written by the band over a period of several years. Before the recordings, the band spend some time time with producer Clint Murphy. Recording for the album took place over three weeks at the York St Studios in Auckland, New Zealand. Further recordings took place at the Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, where, Queen recorded their album A Night at the Opera.
The first single of the album, Little Pills is about vocalist Jennie Skulander's own experiences. After the end of a love affair, she also lost her job. She moved to New Zealand and took antidepressants . After she started taking these "little pills", she suddenly felt unhappy.
Never See the Light was also written by Skulander and was dedicated to her friend Shoki Kamishima, who died in 2010. Kamishima was able to mimic the sounds of dolphins during his lifetime and was frightened by people in pubs with this art. A recording of this can be heard at the beginning of the song.
Violation, written by Skulander, is about a turn of events that occurred to her, including a burglary that occurred in her apartment. Although the perpetrators were arrested, they were not convicted. Skulander criticized in the song the New Zealand judiciary, which imposed in her opinion inadequate punishments.
In 2012, the bands YouTube page published the first single "Little Pills". The song gained popularity for the band and in 2013, they released "Never See the Light" as their second single, followed by "Start a Revolution" as their third single. In 2014, We Rise was released on CD, Vinyl, and on digital music stores, such as iTunes and Google Play.
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