Higher (Life On Planet 9 album)

Lead singer Pete Murray and guitarist Neil Godfrey first began working with each other in the late 1990s for the nu metal band Ultraspank.{{cite web|author=Heather Phares |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ultraspank-mn0000217988 |title=Ultraspank | Biography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-08-25}} After two albums, the band disbanded, though the two later started a new hard rock band in the early 2000s, called Lo-Pro.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=11888 |title=Former Snot/Amen Bassist Joins Lo Pro |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=2003-05-10 |accessdate=2014-08-25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lo-pro-mn0001966890/discography|title=Lo-Pro – Album Discography – AllMusic|work=allmusic.com|accessdate=1 February 2017}} The band released their major record label debut, Lo-Pro in 2003, and despite a top 20 mainstream rock single, "Sunday",{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/307716/lo-pro/chart?f=376 |title=Lo-Pro – Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2014-08-25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lo-pro-mw0000315487|title=Lo-Pro – Lo-Pro – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic|work=allmusic.com|accessdate=1 February 2017}} the band was dropped from their label.{{cite web|url=http://melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=2643 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406013846/http://melodic.net/newsOne.asp?newsId=2643 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |title=Melodic Net – Lo Pro Has Parted Ways With Geffen |publisher=Melodic.net |date=2004-06-09 |accessdate=2014-08-25 }} After the split, Murray and Godfrey spent an extended five-year period of working on new material before releasing anything. The band found themselves with some material that was more centralized around acoustic guitar and electronic effects than Lo-Pro's hard rock sound. As such, the band decided to release the Lo-Pro acoustic/electronic sessions under a different moniker; the pseudonym Life On Planet 9.{{cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/petemurraylopro/status/97851501141176320 |title=petemurraylop9 on Twitter: it is. We wound up with all new material so we called it something else |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2011-07-31 |accessdate=2014-08-25}}{{cite web |author= |url=http://ampkicker.com/2012/01/life-on-planet-9/ |title=Tune In To Life on Planet 9 : AmpKicker.com Indie Music Reviews – Free Music Downloads |publisher=Ampkicker.com |date=2013-01-24 |accessdate=2014-08-25 |archive-date=2014-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129024745/http://ampkicker.com/2012/01/life-on-planet-9/ |url-status=dead }} The band finally released their debut album, Bittersweet, in August 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bittersweet-mw0002262347 |title=Bittersweet – Life On Planet 9 | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-08-25}} and released a second album, The Theory of Everything in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/theory-of-everything-mw0002817090|title=Theory of Everything – Life On Planet 9 – User Reviews – AllMusic|work=allmusic.com|accessdate=1 February 2017}}

A third album from the band was first announced on New Year's Eve 2015 with a 2016 release date intended.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/LifeOnPlanet9/posts/1191943284168465:0|title=Happy New Year everyone. Keep it safe.... – Life On Planet 9 – Facebook|work=facebook.com|accessdate=1 February 2017}} The first single from the album, "All Your Words", was released on January 6, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.theprp.com/2017/01/06/news/life-planet-9-lo-proex-ultraspank-streaming-words/|title=Life On Planet 9 (Lo-Pro/Ex-Ultraspank) Streaming "All Your Words" – Theprp.com – Metal And Hardcore News Plus Reviews And More|date=6 January 2017|work=theprp.com|accessdate=1 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bandmine.com/news/383/life_on_planet_9_ex-lo-proultraspank_les_dtails_du_nouvel_album/2163604|title=Life On Planet 9 (ex-Lo-Pro/Ultraspank) : les détails du nouvel album – BandMINE.com|work=bandmine.com|accessdate=1 February 2017}} The album's name, Higher, was announced a week later on January 13.{{cite web|url=http://www.theprp.com/2017/01/13/news/life-planet-9-lo-proex-ultraspank-set-release-date-new-album-higher/|title=Life On Planet 9 (Lo-Pro/Ex-Ultraspank) Set Release Date For New Album "Higher" – Theprp.com – Metal And Hardcore News Plus Reviews And More|date=13 January 2017|work=theprp.com|accessdate=1 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://audioveinentertainment.com/2017/01/16/life-on-planet-9-announces-the-release-higher/|title=Life On Planet 9 Announces The Release "Higher"|first1=About The Author Dan JanoffDan Janoff began his friendship with Marcus Miller in the wonderful|last1=l|first2=of Myspace back in 2005 It's proven to be a long lasting bond ever|last2=since|first3=It All Started Because of Their Mutual Love of|last3=Music|first4=As Well as|last4=Wrestling|first5=video games Dan lives near Miami in|last5=Florida|first6=You Can Find Him Posting the|last6=News|first7=Doing an Occasional Interview or|last7=Review|first8=doing voiceover work He was the very first person Marcus asked to join him on his AudioVein|last8=crusade|first9=The Ride Hasn't|last9=Stopped!|work=audioveinentertainment.com|accessdate=1 February 2017}} A release date of January 31, 2017, was announced at the same time.{{cite web|url=http://www.alternativnews.com/2017/01/life-on-planet-9-ex-lo-proultraspank.html|title=Life On Planet 9 (ex-Lo-Pro/Ultraspank) : les détails du nouvel album|work=alternativnews.com|accessdate=1 February 2017}}

{{Track listing

| all_lyrics = Pete Murray

| all_music = Pete Murray and Neil Godfrey

| title1 = Wake Up

| length1 = 2:25

| note1 =

| title2 = All Your Words

| length2 = 3:18

| title3 = Higher

| length3 = 3:16

| title4 = Gone

| length4 = 4:24

| title5 = Go

| length5 = 4:42

| title6 = Beacons

| length6 = 4:28

| title7 = P3

| length7 = 4:40

| title8 = Time to Run

| length8 = 4:53

| title9 = The Only Way Out is Through

| length9 = 2:58

| title10 = Last Summer

| length10 = 4:03

| title11 = Plutonium

| length11 = 5:12

| total_length = 44:19{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MR73XLS|title=Higher|publisher=|accessdate=1 February 2017|via=Amazon}}

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• Pete Murray – vocals, electronic programming
• Neil Godfrey – guitars

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