Being Somewhere
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| Being Somewhere | ||||
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| Released | October 28, 2022 | |||
| Genre | Indie folk, indie rock | |||
| Length | 31:12 | |||
| Label | Arts & Crafts | |||
| Producer | Drew Brown | |||
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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]
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]
