Sean Lennon
(Chimera Music)
Sean Lennon’s parents were all about changing it up between albums. But even they would have a hard time keeping pace with Sean’s eclectic journey from the hipster-friendly art-pop adventures of “Into the Sun” to the downbeat easy listening of “Friendly Fire” to this imaginative scoring of an indie film about an undead Romanian playwright doing Shakespeare.
The leadoff track, “Title Theme,” eases you in with a haunting piano theme before abruptly shifting gears into a tuba-driven frolic that feels like a parade of zombies marching through the graveyard in a scene that somehow didn’t make the final cut in Walt Disney’s “Fantasia.” Other highlights range from the romantic sweep of “Elsinore” to the haunting “Elsinore Reprise,” which doesn’t sound a thing like “Elsinore” but does sound quite a bit a like one of Wayne Coyne’s more inspired bids at sounding Lennon-esque. And just to keeping you guessing, it ends with a hip-hop track featuring Kool Keith and Miho Hatori.
Standout Tracks: “Title Theme,” “Elsinore” A. WATT.
