Selfhood vs. Identity — What's the Difference?

In September 2012 Sharks began recording demos for a second studio album, which they hoped to finish writing by the end of the year. According to Mattock the band was "focusing on getting the best songs we can [..] out there as quickly as possible".Recording for the new album, produced by Lewis Johns at the Ranch, Southampton, started on 26 November 2012 and was completed within two weeks.According to James Mattock, "The whole approach with this record from the beginning was to have the process be very reckless and fun, and for every decision and idea not to be pondered on or over thought".

The fact of being who or what a person or thing is

The state of having a distinct identity; individuality.

A close similarity or affinity

The fully developed self; an achieved personality.

A transformation that leaves an object unchanged.

Self-centeredness

The equality of two expressions for all values of the quantities expressed by letters, or an equation expressing this, e.g. (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1.

State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.

The condition of being a certain person or thing

The fully developed self; one's personality, character.

The set of characteristics by which a person or thing is definitively recognizable or known

The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness.

The awareness that an individual or group has of being a distinct, persisting entity

Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality.

The fact or condition of being the same as something else

The fact or condition of being associated or affiliated with something else

Information, such as an identification number, used to establish or prove a person's individuality, as in providing access to a credit account.

An equation that is satisfied by any number that replaces the letter for which the equation is defined.

Identity element.

Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind, selfhood, sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themself.

A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.

(mathematics) An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.

Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.

(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element.

A well-known or famous person.

The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.

The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.

An identical equation.

The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity;

The individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known;

An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates;

Exact sameness;