Sean Lennon fires friendly

Sean Lennon has always been an enigma. He has been hidden behind his father’s legendary status with great ambitions that were kept hidden behind his Hollywood hair and friendships, those circle glasses, and an audience’s disbelief that he really had the ability to step out of his father’s shadow. But with Friendly Fire any of this disbelief vanishes with Lennon’s ten lessons in songwriting that nod toward his father’s tunes as well as Elliott Smith.

The cogent melodies and structures that make up Friendly Fire are only the beginning to the grandness of this record. Taking eight years to record a sophomore album could seem a little pompous or lackadaisical, but these presumptions immediately fall flat in a first listen to the humble heartache that Lennon hushes throughout the record. These hushes are soft reminders that love is not an easy thing to hold on to, especially being the offspring of rock 'n roll royalty. The swarm of Hollywood starlets that wander in and out of the accompanying film, some of whom have been romantically tied to the singer, are a testament to how beauty isn’t everything if its something you can’t hold on to.

[mp3] Sean Lennon – Dead Meat
[mp3] Sean Lennon – Friendly Fire

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