SEAN DINELEY IS A TORONTO-BASED SINGER-SONGWRITER WHO DRAWS ON DIVERSE MUSICAL INFLUENCES TO DELIVER HIS UNIQUE GENRE-DEFYING BRAND OF INDIE FOLK-ROCK.

THE SEEDS OF SEAN’S MUSICAL JOURNEY WERE SOWN IN 2010. SEAN WAS FRONTING WATERLOO SPACE-PUNK BAND, TAIKONAUT. THOUGH TAIKONAUT’S PRIMARY MEASURE OF SUCCESS WAS BREAKING EVEN ON BEER KEGS, THE OUTFIT WAS MUSICALLY ADVENTUROUS AND SUP...
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SEAN DINELEY IS A TORONTO-BASED SINGER-SONGWRITER WHO DRAWS ON DIVERSE MUSICAL INFLUENCES TO DELIVER HIS UNIQUE GENRE-DEFYING BRAND OF INDIE FOLK-ROCK.

THE SEEDS OF SEAN’S MUSICAL JOURNEY WERE SOWN IN 2010. SEAN WAS FRONTING WATERLOO SPACE-PUNK BAND, TAIKONAUT. THOUGH TAIKONAUT’S PRIMARY MEASURE OF SUCCESS WAS BREAKING EVEN ON BEER KEGS, THE OUTFIT WAS MUSICALLY ADVENTUROUS AND SUPPORTIVE ENOUGH TO ENABLE SEAN TO CUT HIS TEETH ON THE ART OF GENRE-BLENDING. THE BAND’S SONGS WERE OFTEN COMPOSED OF PHILOSOPHICALLY UNSETTLING LYRICS SET TO CONTRASTINGLY CHEERY MELODIES – A FUSION THAT CAN STILL BE HEARD IN SEAN’S MUSIC TODAY.

THOUGH THE COMPLETION OF UNIVERSITY SOON SPELLED THE END FOR TAIKONAUT, SEAN KEPT THE BAND’S STRANGE AND CATCHY TUNES IN HIS HEAD WHILE PURSUING A MASTER’S DEGREE IN POPULAR MUSIC STUDIES. WITHOUT A BAND TO PLAY WITH, SEAN SET HIS SIGHTS ON WRITING AND RECORDING. HE TORE MANY OF HIS OLD SONGS APART AND BUILT THEM UP FROM SCRATCH AGAIN IN AN ATTEMPT TO BRING OUT THEIR TRUE MEANING, WHICH HAD ALWAYS BEEN HIDING JUST BEHIND A CLOUD OF LIQUOR AND NOISE. THE RESULT WAS SEAN’S 2015 DEBUT ALBUM EARTHCREEPER. RECORDED IN VARIOUS BASEMENTS AND BEDROOMS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO WITH TWO MICROPHONES AND A LAPTOP, THE ALBUM SOUNDS SOMETHING LIKE ITS NAMESAKE: A BIRD WHO ONLY DARES LEAVE THE SAFETY OF THE GROUND TO SING.

IN 2019, SEAN COMPLETED HIS SECOND ALBUM. STILL BUMMED, TO BE RELEASED IN JULY 2020, IS A TRUE SOLO EFFORT. IT MARKS ANOTHER EVOLUTION IN SEAN’S APPROACH TO WRITING AND ARRANGING. THE ALBUM OFFERS A UNIQUE BLEND OF FOLK, ROCK, AND JAZZ, WITH A TROUBLED SPIRIT THAT PICKS UP WHERE EARTHCREEPER LEFT OFF, BUT WHOSE EDGES ARE SMOOTHER AND MESSAGE MORE REFINED.

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ALBUMS
STILL BUMMED (2020)
EARTHCREEPER (2015)
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