The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger is made up of Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl, who played, recorded and mixed Acoustic Sessions in their living room recording studio, then released it on their own record label, Chimera Music, which they run from their apartment kitchen.If that all sounds DIY enough to rival Daniel Johnston's home recordings and hand-drawn artwork, it's perhaps important to consider that this famous son and his model girlfriend aren't exactly short of a quid or two. One wonders whether they recorded these songs because they simply had to channel their creativity or just for something to do after dinner. Snobbery aside, I suppose it doesn't really matter if the outcome is any good. But is it?
Well, Acoustic Sessions is certainly cute enough. Musically, it's all whimsy and folk-pop, sweet voices and delicate tunes with surreal lyrics. Like a dream. But a sunny one.
At times though, especially considering that there are certainly psychedelic tendencies tucked away here, it's just a bit too twee for its own good. A few more rough edges and dark corners would have been nice and would have raised it from being background music of a hazy daydream to something really quite memorable.
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