The Oxford Shakespeare was first printed. This resulted in many controversial choices: for example, presenting "Hamlet" with several famous speeches relegated to appendices on the grounds that Shakespeare added them after the original performances; presenting two separate texts of "King Lear" due to the drastic differences between the two extant texts; and changing the name of Falstaff in "Henry IV Part One" to 'Oldcastle' due to historical evidence that this name was used in the first performances even though it never survived to print. The Oxford "Complete Works" was the first to emphasize Shakespeare's collaborative work, describing "Macbeth", "Measure for Measure" and "Timon
To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere Sand" was heavily inspired by Nirvana. "To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere" was noted for sounding heavier than Thrice's previous few albums. Riley Breckenridge said he appreciated when more aggressive sounds were incorporated in an emotionally impactful and dynamic way, drawing inspiration from bands who he felt like achieved this, including: Cave In, Torche, Cult of Luna and O'Brother. Thrice also made an effort in the studio to make a "seamless record from track to track," which they achieved by having "an outro will bleed into an intro for another song or there's a segue." Where as previous Thrice