Songs 1999-2000, by Oliver Shaw

Songs 1999-2000

by Oliver Shaw

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	1.	Seeking Some Connection 04:02
	2.	The Unravelling 03:11
	3.	Don't Make Me Laugh 03:24
	4.	Alone Tonight 03:58
	5.	Anyway 03:57
	6.	Everybody Can Tell 03:08
	7.	As I Do 03:24
	8.	All The People 03:09
	9.	Find The Wound 03:52
	10.	Coming Down 03:43
	11.	Possibility 04:04
	12.	Opening 04:14
	13.	I Don't Know You Anymore 02:48
	14.	Progress 03:13
	15.	Softened And Numbed 03:42
	16.	Not Gonna Dance 03:34
	17.	Beneath The Stars 04:32
	18.	I Bow Out 03:52
	19.	What You Do 04:14
	20.	Why Even Try 04:07

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This period saw Oliver move away from the social and political themes and eclectic styles of his early work and towards personal and romantic concerns and more stripped-down, often acoustic arrangements. The shadow of Elliott Smith looms over many of the songs in their quiter vocal delivery and tales of love and intimacy not quite achieved. Some describe the plights of friends and colleagues - an ill-matched and doomed marriage in "All The People", a destructive infatuation observed from the sidelines in "I Bow Out". Elsewhere is a tongue-in-cheek description of a "makeover" in the name of enhanced desirability (the A&R-tipped "Progress"), and a frank account of a joyless one-night stand ("Softened And Numbed"). This chronological compilation can be seen as a kind of "Pre-War Years" as it foreshadows the themes and sounds of his first proper release.

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released October 1, 2010

Written, performed and recorded by Oliver Shaw.

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Worldview UK

Worldview is the alias of Oliver Shaw, an Oxford UK-based songwriter, performer and producer mingling rock, pop, dance and folk with insightful lyrics and an overarching melodic sensibility.

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