Spiritual Machines 2

Spiritual Machines 2
Studio album by
Our Lady Peace
ReleasedOctober 29, 2021
Recorded2018–2021
Genre
Length40:27
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
  2. "Future Disease"
    Released: October 8, 2021

Spiritual Machines 2 is the tenth studio album from Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace, a sequel to their 2000 art rock concept album Spiritual Machines.[1][2] The album was produced by Dave Sitek,[1] and released through BMG's Shelter Music Group[3] in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) on October 29, 2021.[4][5] All 500 NFTs were reported sold out in January 2022.[6] A traditional release of the album happened on January 28[7] and a multi-media tour was scheduled to begin in June 2022.[8]

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 feature in the album, as they did in the original Spiritual Machines album.[1] It is the first Our Lady Peace album to involve the participation of founding member and original guitarist Mike Turner[9][10][11] since Gravity in 2002, and the first studio release to feature Saul Fox on its cover since the original Spiritual Machines album.[11] During the band's mid-2022 tour, Kurzweil and Turner were "projected" into the performance space in real time in the form of hologram-like technology.[8]

  1. ^ a b c White, Logan (June 25, 2021). "Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida Talks New Single + 'Spiritual Machines II'". Substream Magazine. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  2. ^ Eves, Tina (June 25, 2021). "Our Lady Peace Offer Reality Check with 'Stop Making Stupid People Famous'". American Songwriter. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. ^ @sheltermusicgrp (June 25, 2021). "Our Lady Peace's new single "Stop Making Stupid People Famous" was released on Shelter Records/BMG!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ LaPierre, Megan (October 25, 2021). "Our Lady Peace's 'Spiritual Machines 2' Will Be Released as an NFT". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "OUR LADY PEACE Sell Out All 500 NFTs of Spiritual Machines II". Business Wire. Business Wire. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "Our Lady Peace Successfully Evolve Their Sound on 'Spiritual Machines 2'". PopMatters. February 4, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Zillich, Tom (April 13, 2022). "Holograms help power Our Lady Peace tour that includes Vancouver concert this spring". Coast Mountain News. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  9. ^ @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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ a b Bell, Kaelen (July 30, 2021). "Our Lady Peace Detail 'Spiritual Machines 2'". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved July 30, 2021.