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Being Somewhere

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Being Somewhere
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 2022
GenreIndie folk, Indie rock
Length31:12
LabelArts & Crafts
ProducerDrew Brown
Dan Mangan chronology
Thief
(2020)
Being Somewhere
(2022)
Being Elsewhere Mix
(2024)

Being Somewhere is the seventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Mangan, released October 28, 2022 on Arts & Crafts Productions.[1]

The album was produced and recorded remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Mangan stating that "The hard part was waiting; sometimes it took six weeks to resolve an issue that could have taken twenty minutes had we been together in a room. But Drew [Brown]'s dedication and talent cannot be understated, and this music doesn't sound like anything else I'm hearing these days."[2]

The album was preceded by the preview singles "In Your Corner (for Scott Hutchison)", a tribute to Frightened Rabbit bandleader Scott Hutchison following his death in 2018, in April,[3] and "Fire Escape", the video for which starred actor Steven Ogg as a personification of a self-critical inner voice taunting and tormenting Mangan, in July.[4] A third preview song, "Just Know It", was released concurrently with the announcement of the album.[2]

Awards

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The album received a Juno Award nomination for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023,[5] and was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.[6]

The video for "Fire Escape" won the Audience Award at the 2023 Prism Prize.[7]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Dan Mangan and Drew Brown

Being Somewhere track listing
No.TitleLength
1."All My People"3:34
2."Fire Escape"3:43
3."Easy"3:53
4."Just Know It"2:13
5."All Roads"3:37
6."In Your Corner (For Scott Hutchison)"3:16
7."Long After"3:44
8."Wish I Was Here"3:01
9."No Tragedy Please"4:11
Total length:31:12

Personnel

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Musicians

Technical

  • Drew Brown – production, mixing (all tracks); engineering (6)
  • David Ives – mastering (all tracks), mixing (1, 4)
  • Lexx – mixing (3, 5, 7)
  • Darrell Thorp – mixing (6, 9)
  • John Raham – engineering (6)

References

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