Sean Lennon Into The Sun Lyrics

The 22-year-old son of two of rock's most enduring icons releases his debut album with production help from his girlfriend, Yuka Honda of Cibo Matto. Unfortunately, Sean has neither his girlfriend's sense of humor, his mom's experimental boldness, nor his dad's pop genius. The bulk of the album is devoted to soft rock, singer/songwriter material delivered at deliberate tempos in Sean's thin, wispy voice. Periodically--just to prove he's a '90s guy and not just copying the '60s--he throws in a hard rock interlude, a bossa nova rhythm, a jazz instrumental or a hip-hop sample before getting back to the same, dreary balladry. He does have a knack for appealing chord changes and melody lines, but he doesn't have the vocal chops to execute them. --Geoffrey Himes