Spiritual Machines 2

The album was first announced in August 2020, with an expectation that it would be released around Fall 2021.{{cite AV media |date=June 25, 2021|title=Our Lady Peace | It's Real with Jordan and Demi|language=English|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rraOma8syZ8&t=25m11s|access-date=June 27, 2021|time=25 mins, 11 sec|publisher=Youtube|quote=I don't have a date, but I think it's like end of September, right at the beginning of October [2021] kind of thing.}} Original artwork for the album was provided by Oli Goldsmith,{{Cite tweet|user=goldsmith_oli|number=1408288970786721795|title=New Our Lady Peace Single (Stop Making Stupid People Famous) with artwork by Oli Goldsmith}} who also created the album art for the 2000 album.

In June 2021, the band's official account on social media hinted that original co-founder and guitarist Mike Turner would be a featured guest on the album;{{cite web|date=2021-06-01|title=Official Our Lady Peace account on Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/ourladypeace/posts/10159436112387238?comment_id=10159436116252238&reply_comment_id=10159436116782238|work=Facebook.com|accessdate=2021-06-01}} Turner hadn't been associated with the band since his departure in December 2001, and was instrumental in the conception and development of the original Spiritual Machines album.Bento, Debbie {{cite web |url=http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2000/11/0905.cfm |title="Our Lady Peace Explain Concept Of Spiritual Machines" |access-date=2017-02-26 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031004113935/http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2000/11/0905.cfm |archive-date=October 4, 2003 |df=mdy-all }} Chartattack.com November 9, 2000. Retrieved 2009-11-16Chiu, Ellen {{cite web |url=http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2000/10/2501.cfm |title="OLP Are Spiritual Machines" |access-date=2017-02-26 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031004075029/http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2000/10/2501.cfm |archive-date=October 4, 2003 |df=mdy-all }} Chartattack.com October 25, 2000. Retrieved 2009-11-16 Turner's return was confirmed by Raine Maida in a July 2021 Reddit AMA, and he is listed as a featured guest in the album's track list. Regarding Turner's return, Maida stated that making Spiritual Machines 2 without Turner wouldn't "be right".

The album's first single "Stop Making Stupid People Famous", featuring Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot, was released on June 25, 2021. The second single, "Future Disease", was released on October 8, 2021.{{cite tweet|user=ourladypeace|number=1446637523543937024|title=Future Disease, the latest track from Spiritual Machines II is out now.}}

The album contains 15 tracks, five of which include excerpts from Ray Kurzweil in a similar vein to what was done on the original Spiritual Machines album.

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| extra_column = Notes

| title1 = RK1.Age of Spiritual Machines

| length1 = 0:14

| title2 = Stop Making Stupid People Famous

| note2 = featuring Pussy Riot

| length2 = 3:01

| title3 = Holes

| length3 = 3:19

| title4 = RK2.Consciousness

| length4 = 0:29

| title5 = The Message

| length5 = 3:57

| title6 = Wish You Well

| extra6 = Follow-up to the song "Are You Sad?" from the original Spiritual Machines.{{cite web|title=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|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/ouooq6/im_raine_maida_lead_singer_for_our_lady_peace_and/h73wmua/|work=Reddit.com|accessdate=August 7, 2021|date=July 30, 2021|last=Maida|first=Raine}}

| length6 = 4:44

| title7 = RK3.UBI

| length7 = 0:22

| title8 = Future Disease

| length8 = 5:19

| title9 = 19 Days

| length9 = 3:38

| title10 = Run

| length10 = 2:57

| title11 = RK4.Escape Velocity

| note11 = featuring Emtee

| length11 = 1:02

| title12 = Simulation

| length12 = 2:52

| title13 = Good Die Young

| length13 = 3:26

| title14 = RK5.Turing Test

| length14 = 0:16

| title15 = Temporary Healing

| length15 = 4:53

}}

• Duncan Coutts – bass guitar, background vocals
• Raine Maida – vocals, lyricist
• Steve Mazur – guitar, background vocals
• Jason Pierce – drums, percussion
• Mike Turner – guitar, composer (track 11)
• David Andrew Sitek – production, composer
• Ray Kurzweil – narration
• Steve Fallone
• Nadezhda Tolokonnikova – vocals, composer (track 2)
• Matty Green

The band announced a tour which began in Victoria, Canada, on June 6, 2022. Billed as The Wonderful Future Theatrical Experience, the tour includes Kurzweil speaking and interacting in real time through a video link, who along with founding guitarist Mike Turner, is projected on stage using holography, and with Mike Turner making an appearance with the band on select locations throughout the tour. The hologram technology is rendered by ARHT Media, a video company with headquarters in Toronto. Maida said that the band was interested in "pushing the boundaries of what a live show is".

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