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The Way The World Looks To Wes Carr

Lucinda | Queensland, Australia | 03/24/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When I first saw a gorgeous blonde haired Wes on my television screen auditioning for Australian Idol with Jimi Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower, I decided immediately that he had something extraordinary to offer the world. It was a little surreal really, but from that first moment Wes has just captivated, surprised and excited me every time I see or hear him sing. Watching him on Idol was not like watching someone compete in a karaoke competition, but rather as though I was watching someone so consumed by music, that they were simply having the time of their life each and every week. It couldn't have been any clearer to me that Wes was born to entertain and create incredible music, and nothing was going to stop him living his dream.



Prior to The Way The World Looks, I was already mesmerised by Wes' folky, bluesy music and beautiful, husky, storytelling vocal tones. Every song he wrote was refreshingly honest, felt like a little snapshot of himself, and invoked a feeling of nostalgia. Listening to Wes was like listening to a collection of old favourite songs...comfortable, familiar, warm, inviting...and timeless.



The Way The World Looks is an extension of all of those stories of yester year, and he still makes me feel like I am listening to my best friend sing to me. Like he is personally telling me his story and taking me to all the places he has been emotionally over the years. It is another collection of songs that feels like all your old favourites, still as timeless and familiar as ever. A record that is deeply infused with all of Wes' influences through the years, Feels Like Woah channels his inner Bruce Springsteen, and there are elements of classic eighties and nineties rock songs through the entire record. Wes' great loves - the blues-rock sounds of the sixties and seventies - artists like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Elton John and Joe Cocker - are also very evident in this record especially in songs like Love Is An Animal, Hurricanes, Stay Awake and Any Other Way.



Wes Carr is an amazing songwriter and this record is a stunning entrance onto the world music stage and the first part of his story - a story which is not about to end any time soon. This is how the world looks to Wes...and there is no doubt for this incredibly talented man who is undeniably only getting better and better, the world is looking pretty spectacular and the future very bright.

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