Another Life (Mark Stoermer album)

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Another Life
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ReleasedNovember 1, 2011 (2011-11-01)
(free download)
January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24)
(CD, vinyl and iTunes)
Recorded2010–2011 at Battle Born Studios, Las Vegas, Nevada; Home Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada & San Francisco, California
Genre Alternative rock, alternative country, psychedelic rock, synthpop
Length28:55
Label St. August
Producer Mark Stoermer, Joel Stein, Glenn Moule, Jason Hill
Mark Stoermer chronology
Another Life
(2011)
Dark Arts
(2016)

Another Life is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and The Killers bassist Mark Stoermer, which was released on November 1, 2011 as a free download via markstoermer.com, [1] and on CD and vinyl on January 24, 2012. [2] It was also released on iTunes the same day along with two bonus tracks. The album was self-released on St. August Records. [3] [ non-primary source needed ] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Stoermer recorded the album in early 2011 with the help of Glenn Moule and Joel Stein from Howling Bells and Jason Hill from Louis XIV. The album was mixed by Robert Root and mastered by Bob Ludwig.

Writing and recording

Originally Stoermer had no intentions of releasing the collection of songs to the public. The album was written and recorded over the span of two years, beginning with writing in hotel rooms and recording demos on a laptop. "As I was writing, I wasn't really sure where it was going. At first, I didn't even know I was making a record. I was just making demos and playing with ideas. . I worked on the songs off and on for about a year and a half. Some of the songs started to develop at the end of 2009, but some weren't written until the beginning of last year. At the end of the last Killers tour, I was writing in hotel rooms with a laptop and GarageBand. I'd hum little melodies and lyrical ideas into a Dictaphone. I spent a good deal of our break figuring out how to write and record these songs." [7]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Mark Stoermer

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Weary Soul"Mark Stoermer, Jason Hill3:37
2."Shadow in a Dream"Stoermer, Joel Stein, Glenn Moule2:49
3."Everyone Loves the Girl"Stoermer, Stein, Moule2:29
4."Need a Hand"Stoermer, Stein, Moule2:30
5."Amber Bough"Stoermer, Hill2:21
6."The Way We Were Before"Stoermer, Stein, Moule2:31
7."The Haunts"Stoermer, Stein, Moule3:25
8."No Time"Stoermer, Stein, Moule2:34
9."There Is No Is"Stoermer, Stein, Moule3:18
10."Another Life"Stoermer, Stein, Moule2:59

[8] [9]

Digital bonus tracks

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
11."Agni"Stoermer, Stein, Moule2:33
12."King of the Mountain"Stoermer, Stein, Moule2:27

Personnel

Weary Soul

Shadow in a Dream

Everyone Loves The Girl

Need a Hand

Amber Bough

The Way We Were Before

The Haunts

No Time

There Is No Is

Bird sound sample courtesy of Rhett Boswell, Wildlife Biologist

Another Life

Weary Soul String and Horn transcription by Nadia Nasedkin

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