Review: Sean Rowe's voice brings power to compelling new set
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Singer-songwriter Sean Rowe’s big voice is part of the reason his new album has heft, writes Scott Stroud of The Associated Press, but it’s not the only one
“The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights" by Sean Rowe (Fluff & Gravy Records)
Singer-songwriter Sean Rowe's big voice is part of the reason his new album has heft, but it's not the only one.
His resonant baritone is matched on “The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights” with powerful, well-made songs that range from somber to soaring. Taken together, the album builds on the promise of earlier work, including “To Leave Something Behind," a song that got Rowe noticed when it was featured in Ben Affleck's 2016 film, “The Accountant."
The new album opens with “What Are We Now" a mellow but muscular number that Rowe (rhymes with “how”) acknowledges was influenced by the pulsating urgency of Radiohead's landmark album “In Rainbows," though it doesn't sound like a knockoff.
