Being Elsewhere Mix Explained

Being Elsewhere Mix
Type:studio
Artist:Dan Mangan
Cover:Dan Mangan - Being Elsewhere Mix.png
Released:August 30, 2024
Genre:
Length:38:17
Label:Arts & Crafts
Prev Title:Being Somewhere
Prev Year:2022

Being Elsewhere Mix is the eighth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Mangan, released August 30, 2024, on Arts & Crafts Productions.[1] Conceived as a mixtape rather than a traditional studio album, it comprises a mixture of acoustic rerecordings of songs from his prior album Being Somewhere, cover versions of songs by Bob Dylan, Damien Jurado and The Lumineers, and several songs that Mangan had released as non-album singles following Being Somewhere.[2]

Mangan described the album as one that "lives outside the confined pressures of album cohesion. The vision is to embrace the chaos of my differing creative impulses and let them breathe together."[3]

Singles

The album's first official single was "Call Me Up High",[1] although "Say When",[4] "Sleep on the Floor"[5] and "Find New Ways"[6] had previously been released as standalone singles before the album was announced.

Tour

The album will be supported with a fall acoustic tour, opening at Knox Hall in Sudbury on October 12.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Sydney Brasil, "Dan Mangan Announces 'Being Elsewhere Mix CD'". Exclaim!, July 30, 2024.
  2. Kerry Doole, "New & Upcoming Canadian Album Releases: Country Phenom Orville Peck Returns, Shawn Mendes, Dan Mangan Announce New Albums". Billboard, August 2, 2024.
  3. Vicki Duong, "Dan Mangan announces new album inspired by 2000s mix CDs". The Georgia Straight, July 30, 2024.
  4. Alex Hudson, "Dan Mangan Announces New Single 'Say When'". Exclaim!, July 18, 2023.
  5. Megan Lapierre, "Dan Mangan Delivers Cozy Cover of the Lumineers' 'Sleep on the Floor'". Exclaim!, February 6, 2024.
  6. Sydney Brasil, "Dan Mangan Shares New Track 'Find New Ways'". Exclaim!, April 16, 2024.
  7. Alex Hudson, "Dan Mangan Announces Fall Acoustic Tour". Exclaim!, June 6, 2024.