Artist: Sean Lennon
Album: Into the Sun
Worth Buying: Yes, the whole album.
You might be interested in this album if you are a fan of: Beck, Ethereal Pop, Quirky and or artsy (but not pretentious) singer songwriters......and John Lennon too.
When John Lennon's older son Julian released his first solo album it got good reviews. It was a good album. But everyone in the media seemed to fixate on how much Julian's voice sounded like his fathers. The word eerie was often used.
And in spite of the good reviews he got, It was kind've unfair in a way that they centered on this and not on the fact that he was good songwriter in his own right.
But for Mr. Lennon's younger son Sean, this was not a problem.
When I first heard Sean Lennon's debut album "Into The Sun", my first thought was how much he didn't sound like his father......And yet, in a strange way he did.
With "Into the Sun" Sean Ono Lennon proved that he was very much his father's son, not by sounding like him, but by being as innovative as him.
Into the Sun is to me one of the most overlooked albums of 2006. There are moments when you can hear traces of his father, especially on a song like "home" with its spacey slide guitar echoing Strawberry Fields. But for the most part, I would have to compare Sean Lennon more to idiosyncratic artists like Beck then to his famous father.
If I where to describe the music on this CD I would call it dreamy ethereal pop with occasional dips into grunge, bossa nova, jazz, and psychedelia. Sean himself is a very good and very expressive musician. He may not have a voice as strong as his father but his vocals are sincere and he makes his vocals work.
If you can listen to this album without preconceived notions of what the son of a Rock icon should sound like and accept it on its own terms, I think you will be richly rewarded with the musical landscapes that Sean Lennon paints for you.
What about the Packaging? The CD comes in a standard jewel case with a nice booklet that features the lyrics and some nice illustrations.
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