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Handwritten
Pop · 2015 · 11 tracks · 39m

Handwritten

Acoustic-driven pop defined by percussive guitar work and earnest, youthful vulnerability. The sound of a bedroom songwriter stepping onto a global stage.

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It's the ultimate 'acoustic guitar in a bedroom' album that somehow conquered the world.

An earnest and rhythmic exploration of teenage heartbreak and the hope that follows it.

Handwritten · vs · Shawn Mendes
Acoustic Guitar+1.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds acoustic guitar notably more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 39m
02
Stitches
3:27
03
Never Be Alone
3:36
04
Kid in Love
3:46
05
I Don’t Even Know Your Name
3:00
06
Something Big
2:41
07
Strings
3:11
08
Aftertaste
2:50
09
Air
3:14
10
Crazy
3:12
11
A Little Too Much
3:07
12
This Is What It Takes
3:50
Moments Worth Waiting For
The rhythmic palm-muting on the acoustic guitar that drives the momentum of Stitches.
The transition into a soaring, layered vocal harmony during the bridge of Never Be Alone.
The raw, almost conversational delivery of the opening lines in A Little Too Much.
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