Other Voices, Other Rooms is the debut album by Australian alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band The Getaway Plan

The Getaway Plan

The Getaway Plan are an Australian alternative rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 2004. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Matthew Wright, guitarist Clint Splattering, bassist Dave Anderson and drummer Aaron Barnett....

. It was released by Boomtown Records

Boomtown Records

Boomtown Records is an independent record label founded by Jaddan Comerford in October 2002 and based in Melbourne, Australia. In 2011 the label was rebranded with Staple Management to new company - We Are Unified- History :...

 on 9 February 2008. The album was produced in Florida

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, USA

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, by James Paul Wisner, who has previously worked with Underoath

Underoath

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, The Academy Is...

The Academy Is...

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 and Dashboard Confessional

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.

Three songs from the album were released as singles. The first was "Streetlight" on 3 November 2007. Boomtown

Boomtown Records

Boomtown Records is an independent record label founded by Jaddan Comerford in October 2002 and based in Melbourne, Australia. In 2011 the label was rebranded with Staple Management to new company - We Are Unified- History :...

 and Shock Records

Shock Records

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 released the second and third singles from the album "Where the City Meets the Sea" on 15 March 2008 and "Shadows" on 8 November 2008.

Track listings

1. "Other Voices/Other Rooms" - 0:20
2. "Streetlight" - 4:13
3. "Where The City Meets The Sea
   Where the City Meets the Sea
   "Where The City Meets The Sea" is the lead single from the Australian rock band The Getaway Plan's debut album Other Voices, Other Rooms. It reached #28 on the ARIA chart.-Track listing:CD single# Where The City Meets The Sea - 3:36# The Flood - 3:49...
   
   " - 3:38
4. "Sleep Spindles" - 4:13
5. "New Medicine (Stay With Me)" - 4:09
6. "Shadows
   Shadows (The Getaway Plan song)
   "Shadows" is the third single to be taken from The Getaway Plan's debut album Other Voices, Other Rooms. In Australia, only 1000 copies were made and the single is considered rare.-Track listings:CD Single# Shadows - 3:41# Melophobia - 3:46...
   
   " - 3:43
7. "A Lover's Complaint" - 4:30
8. "Red Flag" - 5:08
9. "Entr'acte" - 1:24
10. "Rhapsody On A Windy Night" - 4:18
11. "Transmission" - 5:00

Tour Edition

• Disc 1 - Standard Edition
• Disc 2 - Live from Hifi Bar (DVD)

1. "The Tempest"
2. "Streetlight"
3. "Shadows"
4. "Sleep Splindles"
5. "New Medicine (Stay With Me)"
6. "A Lover's Complaint"
7. "The New Year"
8. "Red Flag"
9. "Where the City Meets the Sea"
10. "Streetlight" (Video)
11. "Where the City Meets the Sea" (Video)
12. "Shadows" (Video)

Personals

• Matthew Wright – lead vocals
  Lead vocalist
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  , guitar
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  s, keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
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• Clint Splattering – guitars, backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Dave Anderson – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Aaron Barnett – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion, backing vocals

Charts

The album debuted at #14 on the ARIA charts, before falling to #31. It spent a further two weeks in the chart

Year	Chart	Peak Position
2008	ARIA Albums Chart	#14
2008	ARIA Physical Albums Chart	#14
2008	ARIA Australian Albums	#3
2008	Australian Independent Records Chart	#1

End Of Year Charts

Year	Chart	Ranking
2008	ARIA End Of Year Australian Albums	#50

Release history

Country	Release Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	9 February 2008	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Boomtown Records	BTR030
	8 November 2008	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...		BTR030-B