Artist The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger

Pop-minded artists are forever indebted to The Beatles as it is; becoming heir-apparent after an older brother turns in the crown is a pressure few can comprehend. Sean Lennon has tempered that since his 1998 debut, Into The Sun, not by distancing himself from his father (it’d be futile with that reminiscent voice), but instead by invoking the rest of band; dreamy, baroque orchestration drenches his breezy, twisting tunes, like a meandering Paul curtained by Phil Spector’s Wall Of Sound. They’re pleasant, sure, and ambitious as hell, but never coalesce into more than a grouping of clever ideas. Still, Lennon’s pedigree and increasingly mature songwriting make it worth the wait. His new project, The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, with current muse Charlotte Kemp Muhl, released its debut, Acoustic Sessions, last summer. It’s unmistakably Lennon, wonderfully indulgent flaws and all. 

Updated 09/15/2011