Good for the Weather

I'm going audio on you guys. On October 3rd the album Friendly Fire was released. The artist is Sean Lennon, son of John and Yoko. I do recommend it.

As a Beatles fan its hard to deny that as a whole, and John individually, stamped a human attitude onto their music for the modern era. With Sean's own work and by his own words he stands against the opposition that exists simply because he is John's son. A recent interview on NPR gives a brief look at how he felt about growing up, the album, and how being artistic is natural due to his environment. By itself, the interview is extremely interesting.

The tracks are often slow and melancholy throughout Friendly Fire. The lyrics still are deeply moving and heartfelt. I don't want to say "emo" because I really hate labelling it, but you really feel haunted in a cross between the blues, Portishead, and Postal Service. Some of these tracks are available on the npr site and a couple more on his myspace page. Surprisingly, he threw down a couple instrumental/synth only tracks that would serve well to lounge on through the gray mornings with a coffee or cigarette.

The sense that I get about Sean Lennon from what I've read and what I've heard is that he understands the complexity of culture his life is surrounded in. He does right by not following what most celebrity children would do, but what choice would he have to rebel since both his parents were the biggest counter-culture icons of their time? His music is good, and it does deserve a chance.