Sean Lee
"Two Amp Songs" CD
self-released
Genre: pop/rock, singer /
songwriter
August 2007 |
From New York, New York comes Sean Lee, a
pop/rock singer/songwriter who takes some major cues from Counting
Crows, Barenaked Ladies, and Everclear. If you liked
the twangy, positive rock music of the mid to late 90s, then Lee
is your man. As the album's main single, "Gracefully," can attest to,
he knows his way around a professional-sounding pop hook. The major
knock on this record is that it adheres too firmly to its influences,
and doesn't do anything remotely creative. Given this formula, I would
expect Two Amp Songs to be a lot catchier than it is. It has a
lot of potential, but never seems to live up to it. Even the most
infectious songs ("Born To Do" is tops) don't make it to the higher
level that is really needed for records like this to take off. Sean
Lee seems like a hardworking and earnest songwriter, and it's hard
to consider this record a complete write-off. I can't help but feel that Lee has the
chops to do something a bit more exciting in the future - if he's
willing to take a few risks.
sean
lee's myspace
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Fun Fact: In addition
to being a musician, Sean Lee is also a professional voiceover
actor for commercials and movie trailers. You may have heard him in
ads for Austin Powers in Goldmember, McDonalds, and AOL. His father,
Jon Lee, is one of the most prolific voiceover actors in the world,
having a career total of over 35000 voiceovers!
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 10 tracks, distributed by
the artist,
released 2007] |
