''Somethingness'' is the ninth studio album by Canadian

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band

Our Lady Peace Our Lady Peace (sometimes shortened to OLP) is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Led by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band currently also features Duncan Coutts on bass, Steve Mazur on guit ...

(OLP). Produced under Warner Music Records label by

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, who also produced their preceding album ''Curve'', this is the band's first studio album in nearly six years and it was promoted using the

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platform, a website which facilitates musicians reaching out to their fans to market and distribute music. It is the first OLP album to have been released in two separate volumes; ''Vol. 1'' was released as an EP in August 2017, and the album as a whole was released on February 23, 2018, and contained all of the songs from ''Vol. 1''. The album is the first not to feature original drummer

Jeremy Taggart Jeremy Ronald John Taggart (born April 7, 1975) is a Canadian drummer, radio host, and author, best known for playing with Our Lady Peace from 1993 until 2014. Early life Taggart was born in Toronto, Ontario, later growing up in Mansfield, Ont ...

, who departed from the band in 2014, and is the first to feature

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, who replaced Taggart in 2016.

Track listing

The official track listing includes the four songs initially released as part of ''Vol. 1'', "Drop Me in the Water", "Hiding Place for Hearts", "Falling into Place", and "Nice to Meet You".

Personnel

Information adapted from

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credits listing database. *

Duncan Coutts Robert Duncan Coutts (born February 4, 1969) is a Canadian musician, best known for being the bassist for Our Lady Peace since 1995. Career Our Lady Peace Coutts joined Our Lady Peace on September 23, 1995, replacing Chris Eacrett after th ...

– bass guitar, background vocals *

Raine Maida Raine Maida ( ; born Michael Anthony Maida; February 18, 1970) – Ourladypeace.cc. Retrieved April 30, 2010. is a Canadian musician best known as being the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. He ha ...

– vocals, lyricist *

Steve Mazur Steven Theodore Mazur (born December 21, 1977) is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. Mazur replaced original band guitarist Mike Turner in 2002. Early life and education Mazur has ...

– guitar, background vocals *

– drums, percussion *

– production, design, piano *

Spike Stent Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed Sheeran ...

– mixing * Brian Lucey – mastering

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2017 albums 2018 albums Our Lady Peace albums Self-released albums Albums produced by Raine Maida