The compilation features completely redone versions of a few older tracks from the 2013 album Fiction Prediction, outtake un-released tracks from When Push Comes To Shove (2019) and Chin Up (2020) as well as newer mixes of out-of-print cover songs: "Lovers In A Dangerous Time" by Bruce Cockburn and "We Are The Chopped" by Nomeansno.
Originally the concept for such a release was to be a more comprehensive archive of unreleased material that has been collecting over the past decade, including demos, odd bits and other ephemera, but with this final version as Second Lives, sees the release fine-tuned into an album of its own right, focusing on key tracks and bringing out their strengths, updating old tracks — often ones that are still played out live — to give them new life and perspective.
Stream the album below the tracklisting.
Second Lives Tracklist:
01. Lovers In A Dangerous Time (Bruce Cockburn cover)
02. Cinema Eyes (Version IV)
03. Another Drone In Your Head (Second Version)
04. Your Back To The Stone (March Version)
05. Write Yourself Into The Void (Second Version) (Nomeansno cover)
06. We Are The Chopped (Second Version)
07. Fool For A Day
08. Long And Tangled Thoughts