‘Shifting Shapes’ gets to that pitch of emotional rendering straight away and New Zealand’s George Villa does it via a combination of old school near country devices. First there is a slide guitar, old fashioned instrumental tinkering and applied on top his soulful and melancholic tones that have the wherewithal to navigate beyond rejection and loss into a world of opportunity and happiness. Everywhere there is something subtle and charming, heartfelt and uplifting, thoughtful and sway inducing. KH
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