Being Somewhere is the seventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Mangan, released October 28, 2022 on Arts & Crafts Productions.[1]

Being Somewhere
Studio album by Dan Mangan
Released	October 28, 2022
Genre	Indie folk, Indie rock
Length	31:12
Label	Arts & Crafts
Producer	Drew Brown
Dan Mangan chronology
Thief (2020) Being Somewhere (2022)

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'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]

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

• Dan Mangan – vocals (all tracks), guitar (tracks 1–5, 7–9), percussion (1), synthesizer (1, 2, 7, 8), programming (3), piano (6)
• Susumu Mukai – guitar (1–3, 5, 7), percussion (1, 3), programming (1, 3, 7), bass guitar (2, 5), synthesizer (2, 5, 7)
• Drew Brown – programming (1–3, 5, 7–9), synthesizer (1–5, 7–9), bass guitar (5, 7)
• Joey Waronker – drums (2, 5, 7), percussion (2, 5, 7)
• Jason Falkner – guitar (2, 5); bass guitar, synthesizer (5)
• Dave Okumu – bass guitar (3)
• Thomas Bartlett – Mellotron, piano (4, 8); synthesizer (8)
• Kevin Drew – synthesizer (4)
• Ohad Benchetrit – synthesizer (4)
• Mary Lattimore – harp (6, 9)
• Gwilym Gold – piano (6)
• Lexx – programming (7)

Technical

• Drew Brown – production, mixing (all tracks); engineering (6)
• David Ives – mastering (all tracks), mixing (1, 4)
• Lexx – mixing (3, 5, 7)
• Darrell Thorp – mixing (6, 9)
• John Raham – engineering (6)

References