ARTiST: Sean Rower
ALBUM: Magic
BiTRATE: 151kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Anti Records
GENRE: Indie
SiZE: 49.88 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 43min 40sec total
RiP DATE: 2011-02-19
STORE DATE: 2011-02-18
Track List:
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01. Surprise 4:30
02. Time To Think 3:56
03. Night 3:30
04. Jonathan 4:37
05. Old Black Dodge 3:46
06. Wet 4:32
07. The Walker 4:24
08. American 5:42
09. Wrong Side Of The Bed 4:51
10. The Long Haul 3:52
Release Notes:
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Anti- Records is thrilled to announce the signing of an exciting new artist:
singer- songwriter SEAN ROWE. In the tradition of Leonard Cohen and Van
Morrison, ROWE utilizes his extraordinarily soulful baritone, along with a
poet's skill, to sketch a world where man and nature lie down uneasily side by
side. Disconnected images flicker past in ROWE's songs like the random neon of a
city street, or the trees down a country lane; on the song "Jonathan" ROWE
offers burning cars - "I lit the dash, I took my sunglasses off, I like to see
the fucker glow" - alongside moments of haunting innocence - "Remember after
school at the Skylar park, trading in our stories for the dark." Then like a
conjurer he makes these disconnected images come together, reminding us of all
that we have forgotten, our place in the natural world. As ROWE explains, "A
song like æJonathan' is pretty dark stuff but it's also about trying to connect,
trying to grab people. I'm not just writing for myself."
An avid naturalist, ROWE derives inspiration from his own wilderness experiences
along with the writings of transcendentalists like Henry David Thoreau. "I love
the simplicity and harmony of the natural world. I think it's something we have
lost touch with. But it's hard to write songs about nature without sounding
hokey. It's better to go out and experience it first hand. I do use it for
imagery because it has an incredible power, just like I use religious imagery
even though I'm not particularly religious. For me it's more about imagery and
emotion and not necessarily creating a straight forward narrative."
Metroland Magazine recently proclaimed that "Rowe's baritone is one of those
rare singing voices that will leave you forever changed. Like Al Green, Van
Morrison, or Gil Scott-Heron at their best..." while WEXT Radio offered,
"Listening to Sean Rowe, it is hard to decide what is more magical - the
dream-inducing songs or Sean's powerful, emotional voice. The big, deep and rich
sound pulls on your heart almost to the point of breaking."