Edmonton-born, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Sister Ray (a.k.a. Ella Coyes) has announced a new EP, previewed today by biting title track "Teeth."
Teeth arrives May 12 via Royal Mountain. It's the follow-up to their 2022 debut Communion — one of Exclaim!'s 50 best albums of last year.
Produced by Brooklyn/Toronto duo ginla (Adrianne Lenker, Empress Of), the four-track EP features three new original songs written by Coyes over the course of just five days. "I was thinking often about intimacy and avoidance — crawling around to find where my place would be," they explained in a statement. The fourth and final track is a cover of "I Never Will Marry" that takes cues from Linda Ronstadt's rendition.
"I wrote this song while I was feeling like some of my most fond memories I clung to and preserved through my own fantasy and lore began to slip out of my grasp," Coyes added of the tenderly bruising, fruit reference-laden lead track. "I felt betrayed, as if I had dedicated my life to a false prophet. 'Teeth' is like a supercut of nostalgia that morphs into whatever the mid-20s equivalent is of finding out that the tooth fairy isn't real but hating that you have to know."
Listen to "Teeth" below, where you'll also find the EP tracklist.
Teeth:
1. Teeth
2. Pressing Down
3. All Dogs Go to Heaven
4. I Never Will Marry
Pre-order Teeth.
Teeth arrives May 12 via Royal Mountain. It's the follow-up to their 2022 debut Communion — one of Exclaim!'s 50 best albums of last year.
Produced by Brooklyn/Toronto duo ginla (Adrianne Lenker, Empress Of), the four-track EP features three new original songs written by Coyes over the course of just five days. "I was thinking often about intimacy and avoidance — crawling around to find where my place would be," they explained in a statement. The fourth and final track is a cover of "I Never Will Marry" that takes cues from Linda Ronstadt's rendition.
"I wrote this song while I was feeling like some of my most fond memories I clung to and preserved through my own fantasy and lore began to slip out of my grasp," Coyes added of the tenderly bruising, fruit reference-laden lead track. "I felt betrayed, as if I had dedicated my life to a false prophet. 'Teeth' is like a supercut of nostalgia that morphs into whatever the mid-20s equivalent is of finding out that the tooth fairy isn't real but hating that you have to know."
Listen to "Teeth" below, where you'll also find the EP tracklist.
Teeth:
1. Teeth
2. Pressing Down
3. All Dogs Go to Heaven
4. I Never Will Marry
Pre-order Teeth.
