Rise is the third album by Montreal band The Stills. In late 2007,oronto, Canada-based record label Arts & Crafts signed the band to a worldwiderecording deal. Once again working with producer Gus van Go, The Stills' newmaterial, beginning with the anthemic lead single, "Being Here," conveys arejuvenated, reinvigorated sense of being. According to vocalist Tim Fletcher,the group felt "a raw energy of inspiration" during the new album's recordingefforts that was absent in previous sessions. "The Stills are back back back!" -NME.comMontreal's the Stills are nothing like Interpol, but like those New York Citysuit-wearing hipsters, the Stills launched their career with a stately post-punksound inspired by the likes of Echo & the Bunnymen and Joy Division. Havingknown one another since the age of 12, vocalist Tim Fletcher, drummer DaveHamelin, guitarist Greg Paquet, and bassist Oliver Crowe played in various bandsbefore forming the Stills in 2000. These art school students temporarily lefttheir beloved Canada for a two-month stay in N.Y.C. to design a lush, swarthypop style with the help of a four-track recorder. A deal with Vice followedbefore the year's end; however, joint shows with the Music, the Rapture, theStreets, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were what cemented the Stills a dominating spotamong the ever-changing rock scene.The Rememberese EP appeared in June 2003, while stateside dates with Interpolfollowed that fall. Logic Will Break Your Heart marked The Stills' full-lengthdebut in October, and the band spent time touring the U.K. and North Americabefore heading into the studio to record a second album in late 2004. Foundingmember Greg Paquet announced his departure from the lineup the following year,and drummer Dave Hamelin responded to the change by switching roles and fillingPaquet's spot on guitar. Touring keyboardist Liam O'Neil and Sea Ray drummerColin Brooks were also added to the lineup. The resulting Without Feathers,released in 2006, was something of a departure for the group, relying less onnew wave and post-punk and more on rootsy, '70s heartland rock (Hamelin alsobecame the band's co-frontman, sharing vocal duties with Fletcher). 2008'sOceans Will Rise saw the Stills stretching their boundaries even further, thistime incorporating sonic experimentalism and uplifting, anthemic rock.