Mosaic Music Series: Hanging Up The Moon’s Sean Lam taps memories for new album It's All Here Somewhere

Home-grown singer-songwriter Sean Lam says making music provides a respite from the daily grind.
Home-grown singer-songwriter Sean Lam says making music provides a respite from the daily grind. ST PHOTO: SYAMIL SAPARI
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For the latest and fourth Hanging Up The Moon album, titled It's All Here Somewhere, home-grown singer-songwriter Sean Lam tapped his memories, some recent, others from his formative years.

The song 27, for example, is the address of the house that he grew up in. Rain Dance is in memory of a beloved cat who recently died.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 26, 2018, with the headline Mosaic Music Series: Hanging Up The Moon’s Sean Lam taps memories for new album It's All Here Somewhere. Subscribe