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Annual

by Laurie Shaw

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Emily O'Brien
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Emily O'Brien Paul McCartney’s gonna die before the decade’s done, he’s a thousand years old it’s a foregone conclusion. Tell me I’m wrong. TELL ME I’M WRONG Favorite track: New Cork, New Cork.
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Starlet 01:57
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On Tour 03:06
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"A 20-song musical time-travel documentary"

Fade In. Morning light sweeps in through unfamiliar curtains.

It all starts in a new decade; "welcome to the future, here's your complimentary towel." It's Saturday night and the city is alive. Mustard shirt and a disco groove. Anxious, much? Got an album of disposables. Got to prep material for middle aged tears behind the rose tinted shades.

I turn a corner and step into 2010. Maybe the future was just a dream. Here come The Heartbreak Jets! I can't believe I left it this long to learn all my lines.

I can feel flecks of bootlegged champagne as I ascend the time chasm again. It's a 1920s theme party and the feathers are falling like snow. Someone puts a drink in my hand. "Thanks a lot, it's been a real night". A string of pearls is floating in the fishbowl.

I make it back in a cymbal crash. Alright? "It's opening night." I'm swimming in setting spray and the radiators are up full blast. I see a face. And then ...

I step up ...

and into ...

the lights

credits

released August 21, 2020

Written, performed and produced by Laurie Shaw in his bedroom at his mum and dad's house, Kilgarvan, County Kerry.

This album features interviews throughout with Emily O'Brien, Clare Regan, Kate O'Connor, Elaine Malone, Arthur Pawsey, Mark Waldron-Hyden, Ruairí Dale, Aisling Riordan, Alannah Matthews, Jack Horgan, Darren Keane, Frank Wallace and P.T. Mercier.

"Musical Number" features lead vocals by Clare Regan. Additional vocals by Arthur Pawsey. Recorded in Saint Luke's, Cork.

"Hoovering Up The Glass" features additional vocals by Alannah Matthews.

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Laurie Shaw Kenmare, Ireland

Laurie Shaw is a Wirral-born songwriter and producer. He now dwells in Ireland where he records from his mountain retreat. He often gigs in Cork, Dublin and the Merseyside area. He has released around 100 albums to date (all of which are available on request). ... more

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