Spiritual Machines 2

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Spiritual Machines 2
SpiritualMachines2Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Our Lady Peace
ReleasedFall 2021[1][2]
Recorded2018–2021
Genre
LabelShelter Music Group (BMG)
ProducerDave Sitek
Our Lady Peace chronology
Somethingness
(2017) 		Spiritual Machines 2
(2021)
Singles from Spiritual Machines 2
  1. "Stop Making Stupid People Famous"
    Released: June 25, 2021

Spiritual Machines 2 is the upcoming tenth studio album from Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace, a sequel to their 2000 art rock concept album Spiritual Machines.[3] The album was produced by Dave Sitek,[3] and is being released through BMG's Shelter Music Group.[4]

The album, along with its thematic predecessor, is influenced by the 1999 Ray Kurzweil book The Age of Spiritual Machines. Spiritual Machines 2 was inspired by Kurzweil following up in the 2020s on his predictions made in the 1990s. Spoken excerpts voiced by Kurzweil will feature in the album, as they did in the original Spiritual Machines album.[3] It is the first Our Lady Peace album to involve the participation of founding member and original guitarist Mike Turner[5][6][7] since Gravity in 2002, and the first studio release to feature Saul Fox on its cover since the original Spiritual Machines album.[7]

Development and overview[]

The album was first announced in August 2020, and is expected to be released at the end of September or beginning of October 2021.[2][1] Original artwork for the album is being provided by Oli Goldsmith,[8] who also created the album art for the original 2000 album.

In June 2021, the band's official account on social media hinted that original co-founder and guitarist Mike Turner would be a featured guest on the album;[9] Turner hadn't been associated with the band since his departure in December 2001, and was instrumental in the conception and development of the original Spiritual Machines album.[10][11] Turner's return was confirmed by Raine Maida in a July 2021 Reddit AMA, and he is listed as a featured guest in the album's track list.[6][5][7] Regarding Turner's return, Maida stated that making Spiritual Machines 2 without Turner wouldn't "be right".[6]

The album's first single "Stop Making Stupid People Famous", featuring Pussy Riot, was released on June 25, 2021.[3][12]

Track listing[]

The album contains 15 tracks,[7] five of which include excerpts from Ray Kurzweil in a similar vein to what was done on the original Spiritual Machines album.

No.TitleNotesLength
1."RK1.Age of Spiritual Machines" TBA
2."Stop Making Stupid People Famous (featuring Pussy Riot)" 3:01
3."Holes" TBA
4."RK2.Consciousness" TBA
5."The Message" TBA
6."Wish You Well"Follow-up to the song "Are You Sad?" from the original Spiritual Machines.[13]TBA
7."RK3.UBI" TBA
8."Future Disease" TBA
9."19 Days" TBA
10."Run" TBA
11."RK4.Escape Velocity (featuring EMTEE)" TBA
12."Simulation" TBA
13."Good Die Young" TBA
14."RK5.Turing Test" TBA
15."Temporary Healing"  

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "OUR LADY PEACE RELEASES 20TH ANNIVERSARY REMASTERED EDITION OF DOUBLE-PLATINUM CERTIFIED ALBUM SPIRITUAL MACHINES". Sony Music's sonymusic.ca. November 3, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Our Lady Peace | It's Real with Jordan and Demi. Youtube. June 25, 2021. Event occurs at 25 mins, 11 sec. Retrieved June 27, 2021. I don't have a date, but I think it's like end of September, right at the beginning of October [2021] kind of thing.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d White, Logan (June 25, 2021). "Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida Talks New Single + 'Spiritual Machines II'". Substream Magazine. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ @sheltermusicgrp (June 25, 2021). "Our Lady Peace's new single "Stop Making Stupid People Famous" is out now on Shelter Records/BMG!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b @ourladypeace (July 30, 2021). ".@rainemaida is doing a live AMA right now. Head to https://redd.it/ouooq6 to ask your questions!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Maida, Raine (July 30, 2021). "I'm Raine Maida, lead singer for Our Lady Peace and Chief Product Officer ＆ EVP @ S!NG app here to answer all your questions. AMA". Reddit.com. Retrieved July 30, 2021. Did you mean Mike Turner . Yes we speak and Spiritual Machines 2 would’ve [sic] be right without Mike involved.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Bell, Kaelen (July 30, 2021). "Our Lady Peace Detail 'Spiritual Machines 2'". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  8. ^ @goldsmith_oli (June 25, 2021). "New Our Lady Peace Single (Stop Making Stupid People Famous) with artwork by Oli Goldsmith" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Official Our Lady Peace account on Facebook". Facebook.com. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  10. ^ Bento, Debbie ""Our Lady Peace Explain Concept Of Spiritual Machines"". Archived from the original on October 4, 2003. Retrieved February 26, 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Chartattack.com November 9, 2000. Retrieved 2009-11-16
  11. ^ Chiu, Ellen ""OLP Are Spiritual Machines"". Archived from the original on October 4, 2003. Retrieved February 26, 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Chartattack.com October 25, 2000. Retrieved 2009-11-16
  12. ^ Eves, Tina (June 25, 2021). "Our Lady Peace Offer Reality Check with "Stop Making Stupid People Famous"". American Songwriter. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  13. ^ Maida, Raine (July 30, 2021). "I'm Raine Maida, lead singer for Our Lady Peace and Chief Product Officer ＆ EVP @ S!NG app here to answer all your questions. AMA". Reddit.com. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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