2013 album from singer/songwriter Jess Lortz AKA Case Studies. This Is Another Life is Lortz's second full-length solo. It is the follow-up album to 2011's highly acclaimed the World is Just a Shape to Fill the Night. This is Another Life features guest vocals by Marissa Nadler on "Villain" and has the same producer and engineer, Greg Ashley of the band Gris Gris, as the last album. Ashley also plays percussion, organ and adds additional vocals and guitar. Lortz is also helped out by Jon Parker (guitar / piano), Oscar Michel (bass), Joe Haener (percussion), Carey Lamprecht (violin) and Shawn Alpay (cello).