November 22, 2024 • 5 mins
Released on November 15th, Shawn is the fifth studio album from Shawn Mendes, and it features him at his most intimate and honest.
The album details everything that’s happened in the two years since his abrupt cancellation of his Wonder world tour, and the public spectacle the unravelling of his relationship with Camila Cabello became.
Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the release.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
D is Sewn Mendes Heart of Gold. He's got a
new album, Sean by Sean Mendes. The style Cliff and
our music review has been listening killed.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Killed, Yeah, absolutely, And I am actually really digging this
version of Sean.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Mendes introspective Sean as opposed to pop banger Sean.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Yeah, because actually, do you know, there's times in this
album and it's like that full like they're plugged and
acoustic guitar, full strum, and he kind of reminds me
of artists like Passenger Mike Rosenberg and they've got that
sort of.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Indie there's a bit of rock to it as well.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
And I guess when he's playing it live is a
chance to go a little more for along with it,
and I yeah, I'm kind of digging this for his voice.
I think that this is maybe a route heir should
stay with for a bit. Yeah right, okay, Yeah, which
is quite a big call too when you've been this
big pop megastar ra yeah, and then you had.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
To step back from that.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
But I think that the vulnerability and the real personal
journey and story he's writing, and these lyrics sit better
with this style of music anyway, that indie roots kind
of style. I don't think you would get away with
some of the depth of the lyrics that he's going
into if you were, yeah, if you're gonna if you're
gonna do this big pop dance kind of stuff that
(01:41):
probably he probably has done before, some real catchy rhythms.
It's one of those albums you can get to know
pretty quickly because of those big rhythms, the melodies. There's
some beautiful harmonies that come in quiet stuff, and then
it's got that classic band you know, when there's just
good drums, guitar, bass, and you're like, yeah, this is
(02:02):
what makes some real good music. But then some other
random like every now and then there'll be like a steel.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Guitar, violin.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
He also Sean plays the harmonium, which is like the
keys with the bellows.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Yeah right, I think that's the best way to describe it. Now.
He actually says that's.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
The instrument that he credits for returning his love of
singing and also writing music. Really yeah, So if anyone
doesn't know he had that crash and burn, like a
couple of years back.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah, it's pretty big in public. I mean he was
really open about it, right, absolutely, he would say about it. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
He just got to that point, like it was about
six or seven shows into a world tour where he's like,
I actually can't do it. I can't get out there
and do this. So the justice that it needs to
be done, and he made that. I must have being
this huge hard choice to make that, but to step away.
And it's been a good couple of years, so he
reckons that for a bit. An entire year, he didn't
write music, he didn't really sing anything.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
He just was so done with it.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
So pretty big that you can get back on that bus,
find an instrument that you're kind of playing with and
being a bit eclectic with. And I think what that's
given the whole sound the album. It makes me think
they're in a studio in a round, you know, on
some like dimly Lit, the floors have got all crazy
carpets all over it and everyone's just in a circle
(03:17):
jamming at each other. It kind of has that quality
and sound about it, which I think is what indie
music kind of brings to you as well.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
And it sounds fun and at times that.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Real live recording like they've gone actually, lets us go
with that take. There's a few whoops and handclaps and
at moss crashing in the background.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
But I like that.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
I think it gives like a sort of human human
feature to an album where some times, yeah, think that
lucid jam session is opposed to let's just smooth this
all out and lose it in production. I don't mind that,
especially again with that personal storytelling venture that has gone
down and almost apologetic and some of his songs.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
The only one I think he.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Could have left off was his cover of Hallelujah that
the other you have the same reaction I had.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
Oh seriously, I did the same thing. I did it too.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Doesn't need another Hellelujah.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
It actually doesn't. Yeah, and you know.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
The hell lujahs in the other songs, so he didn't
need to go there. I a, yeah, I'm with you
on that one.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
It's so funny that you feel the same as me.
As soon as I got to it at the end,
I was like, oh, no, no, thank you. Like I
didn't really even give that a full listen.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I just yeah, I just think Jeff Butley nailed it,
you know, and like and it's a great song. It's
a beautiful song, just and I look, I'm you know,
I've got a guitar at home and my wife will sometimes,
you know, there's a bit of st dictates when the
mood dictates, you know.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
But when you released your album, Jake, Please Do Not Put.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Be a.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
It was a weird choice for me.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
After all, the other songs are definitely his, and he's
owned them with the holidays and the musicianship, and then
that to wrap it up this kind of strange. I mean, yeah,
it was like, and that's not karaokes, Like his voice
is different, but it sort of makes you go, I
just wasn't necessary.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
So that was a little bit of a shame.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Other than that, though, I think he's navigating some big
feelings on a really cool album and there's some real
good clap along sing along kind of numbers on here
without having to go pop tastic, which is really nice
for him.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Yeah, I'm cool with that voice. It's an eight out
of ten for.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Me out of ten Sean by Sean Mendes out of ten.
At the end, I think we're just gonna have to
skip that. Definitely. No, I'm definitely gonna thank you very much.
We're gonna have all the listen. We'll pick out one
of those good tracks in a couple of minutes and
catch you again next week. A stale Clifford our music
reviewer there eight to twelve on news Talks.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
He'd be for more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame.
Listen live to Newstalks' b from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
D is Sewn Mendes Heart of Gold. He's got a
new album, Sean by Sean Mendes. The style Cliff and
our music review has been listening killed.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Killed, Yeah, absolutely, And I am actually really digging this
version of Sean.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Mendes introspective Sean as opposed to pop banger Sean.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Yeah, because actually, do you know, there's times in this
album and it's like that full like they're plugged and
acoustic guitar, full strum, and he kind of reminds me
of artists like Passenger Mike Rosenberg and they've got that
sort of.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Indie there's a bit of rock to it as well.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
And I guess when he's playing it live is a
chance to go a little more for along with it,
and I yeah, I'm kind of digging this for his voice.
I think that this is maybe a route heir should
stay with for a bit. Yeah right, okay, Yeah, which
is quite a big call too when you've been this
big pop megastar ra yeah, and then you had.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
To step back from that.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
But I think that the vulnerability and the real personal
journey and story he's writing, and these lyrics sit better
with this style of music anyway, that indie roots kind
of style. I don't think you would get away with
some of the depth of the lyrics that he's going
into if you were, yeah, if you're gonna if you're
gonna do this big pop dance kind of stuff that
(01:41):
probably he probably has done before, some real catchy rhythms.
It's one of those albums you can get to know
pretty quickly because of those big rhythms, the melodies. There's
some beautiful harmonies that come in quiet stuff, and then
it's got that classic band you know, when there's just
good drums, guitar, bass, and you're like, yeah, this is
(02:02):
what makes some real good music. But then some other
random like every now and then there'll be like a steel.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Guitar, violin.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
He also Sean plays the harmonium, which is like the
keys with the bellows.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Yeah right, I think that's the best way to describe it. Now.
He actually says that's.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
The instrument that he credits for returning his love of
singing and also writing music. Really yeah, So if anyone
doesn't know he had that crash and burn, like a
couple of years back.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah, it's pretty big in public. I mean he was
really open about it, right, absolutely, he would say about it. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
He just got to that point, like it was about
six or seven shows into a world tour where he's like,
I actually can't do it. I can't get out there
and do this. So the justice that it needs to
be done, and he made that. I must have being
this huge hard choice to make that, but to step away.
And it's been a good couple of years, so he
reckons that for a bit. An entire year, he didn't
write music, he didn't really sing anything.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
He just was so done with it.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
So pretty big that you can get back on that bus,
find an instrument that you're kind of playing with and
being a bit eclectic with. And I think what that's
given the whole sound the album. It makes me think
they're in a studio in a round, you know, on
some like dimly Lit, the floors have got all crazy
carpets all over it and everyone's just in a circle
(03:17):
jamming at each other. It kind of has that quality
and sound about it, which I think is what indie
music kind of brings to you as well.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
And it sounds fun and at times that.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Real live recording like they've gone actually, lets us go
with that take. There's a few whoops and handclaps and
at moss crashing in the background.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
But I like that.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
I think it gives like a sort of human human
feature to an album where some times, yeah, think that
lucid jam session is opposed to let's just smooth this
all out and lose it in production. I don't mind that,
especially again with that personal storytelling venture that has gone
down and almost apologetic and some of his songs.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
The only one I think he.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Could have left off was his cover of Hallelujah that
the other you have the same reaction I had.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
Oh seriously, I did the same thing. I did it too.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Doesn't need another Hellelujah.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
It actually doesn't. Yeah, and you know.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
The hell lujahs in the other songs, so he didn't
need to go there. I a, yeah, I'm with you
on that one.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
It's so funny that you feel the same as me.
As soon as I got to it at the end,
I was like, oh, no, no, thank you. Like I
didn't really even give that a full listen.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I just yeah, I just think Jeff Butley nailed it,
you know, and like and it's a great song. It's
a beautiful song, just and I look, I'm you know,
I've got a guitar at home and my wife will sometimes,
you know, there's a bit of st dictates when the
mood dictates, you know.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
But when you released your album, Jake, Please Do Not Put.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Be a.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
It was a weird choice for me.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
After all, the other songs are definitely his, and he's
owned them with the holidays and the musicianship, and then
that to wrap it up this kind of strange. I mean, yeah,
it was like, and that's not karaokes, Like his voice
is different, but it sort of makes you go, I
just wasn't necessary.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
So that was a little bit of a shame.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Other than that, though, I think he's navigating some big
feelings on a really cool album and there's some real
good clap along sing along kind of numbers on here
without having to go pop tastic, which is really nice
for him.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Yeah, I'm cool with that voice. It's an eight out
of ten for.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Me out of ten Sean by Sean Mendes out of ten.
At the end, I think we're just gonna have to
skip that. Definitely. No, I'm definitely gonna thank you very much.
We're gonna have all the listen. We'll pick out one
of those good tracks in a couple of minutes and
catch you again next week. A stale Clifford our music
reviewer there eight to twelve on news Talks.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
He'd be for more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame.
Listen live to Newstalks' b from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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