The Strange Place

* Standard
* Side B
* Midnight

"**The Strange Place**" is the sophomore album by recording artist MARINE. It was released on December 9, 2022, under T.I.F.F. Studios. The cover art was revealed a day prior to it's release and the tracklist was slowly revealed through a set of days, one track each day leading up to the album's release. The album continues the storyline from MARINE's debut album, "***Pages Of A Grim Writer***".

The physical edition of the album contains one bonus track, "**Gonest Girl**".

The ***Side B*** (deluxe) edition of the album was announced on December 17, 2022, and released the day after. With purchasing the vinyl or CD online, it automatically entered purchasers into a raffle to win an exclusive "Midnight" vinyl, with an alternative cover artwork.

The storyline continues in MARINE's third studio album, "***Noir***".

## Background

After the release of MARINE's Halloween debut mixtape, "***Immaterial Girl***", MARINE stated that she already started to work on her next album. On November 5, 2022, MARINE announced the lead single to the album, "**Rain Now**", along with the title of the album on Twitter. Earlier that day, MARINE confirmed that the album would have the same amount of tracks as her debut album, including 6 deluxe tracks.

On November 11, 2022, MARINE announced the second single, "**Traitors**", which released the day after, along with a teaser image for the album.

On November 13, 2022, MARINE announced that the third single would be released in a week, with the hashtag "ReadyOrNot", hinting at its title. The third single, "**Ready Or Not**", was then released on November 18, 2022.

On November 25, 2022, MARINE revealed a teaser for the album, with the hashtag "TheStrangePlace".

On November 26, 2022, MARINE started the tracklist reveal by revealing a track title every day up to the release of the album, starting with "**Taboo**". "**Ready Or Not**" was revealed as the thirteenth and final track on December 8, 2022, a day prior to the album's release.

Finally, On December 8, 2022, MARINE revealed the cover art and the tracklist/back cover. The deluxe version (known as "**The Strange Place: Side B**") was released on December 18, 2022, being announced a day prior, which includes eight new, previously scrapped tracks.

## About The Album

After the album's release, MARINE stated on Twitter, "*This album continues the story of POAGW* (***Pages Of A Grim Writer***)*.* *Ending the story in Korea, Succbus awakens in Korea with her mother and find a strange place, there seems to be no one yet it's full of strange...life.*"

## Singles

#### Rain Now

Rain Now was released on November 7, 2022, under T.I.F.F. Studios. It served as the album's lead single, which features an electronic-dance production.

#### Traitors

Traitors was released on November 12, 2022, under T.I.F.F. Studios. It served as the album's second single, which features an alternative, slow production that builds up towards the end of the song.

#### Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not was released on November 19, 2022, under T.I.F.F. Studios. It served as the album's third and final single, which features an alternative-pop/indie production.

#### Doors

Doors was intended to be released as the fourth and final single, however, it was scrapped to be released due to the album releasing too soon afterwards.

## Outtakes

#### **House In The Sky** sessions

* "Dance In Hell"
* "End Of The World"
* "Evil (Then I Found You)"
* "Extinction"
* "Free"
* "Girl Of Steel"
* "House In The Sky"
* "Insomniac"

#### **The Strange Place** sessions

* "Dancing In Dust"
* "December Embers"
* "Euphoria"
* "Heathens In The '90s"
* "Love Ends Now"
* "Mother"
* "Nothing No More"
* "Runaway Girls"
* "Something In The Sky"
* "There Is No Honor Among Thieves"
* "Thunder"
* "Triangle With An Eye"
* "Vault Behind The Portrait"
* "Window"
* "Wishing Well"
* "Your Friendly Neighborhood Cult"

## Trivia

* The album is inspired by the *Illuminati*, a secret sociey of real and fictional groups.
	+ There is an unreleased track titled, "**Triangle With An Eye**", which references the Illuminati symbol, a triangle with a single eye in the center.
* The longest song on the album is "**Doors**" (5:27) and the shortest being "**Wild Things**" (2:38).