The Optimist

Tracklist

• 1
  32.63N 117.14W
  1:16
  2.0 ★
• 2
  Leaving It Behind
  4:28
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Endless Ways
  5:49
  3.0 ★
• 4
  The Optimist
  5:37
• 5
  San Francisco
  4:59
• 6
  Springfield
  5:49
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Ghosts
  4:17
• 8
  Can’t Let Go
  5:00
• 9
  Close Your Eyes
  3:38
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Wildfires
  5:39
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Back to the Start
  11:42
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Alastair Savage
  guest, violin family
• Daniel Cardoso
  drums (drum set)
• Daniel Cavanagh
  creative direction, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, grand piano, keyboard, vocal [10]
• Duncan Lyall
  double bass, guest
• Emily Ward
  guest, violin family
• Greg Lawson
  guest, violin family
• Jamie Cavanagh
  bass guitar
• John Douglas
  drums (drum set), keyboard, programming
• Kevin Burleigh
  engineer
• Kobus Frick
  guest, violin family
• Lee Douglas
  vocal [2-4, 6-11]
• Liza Webb
  guest, violin family
• Michael Owers
  guest, trombone
• Orri McBrearty
  assistant
• Paul Medd
  guest, violin family
• Robert Anderson
  cello, guest
• Sophie Rathbone
  guest, viola
• Tom Dunn
  guest, viola
• Tony Doogan
  mix, producer, recording
• Vincent Cavanagh
  additional, bass guitar, guitar family, keyboard, programming, vocal [2-4, 6-11]
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  1 October 2021