The Canadian electro-pop crooner with the yearning, sultry voice also lived in Berlin for a time, where his emotional lo-fi club performances enjoyed great popularity. After the surprisingly guitar-driven LP "Shine," Sean once again underpins his voice with familiar synth pads on his latest work, "The Knowing," making Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life" sound like a Prefab Sprout ballad. Opening for his fellow countryman Chris Minielly (aka Jaguar Sun), whose sound shares many similarities with the music of queer alternative country queen Adrienne Lenker (or rather, her band Big Thief), Sean's new soft-rock creations can now unfold on a larger scale.