Sean Flinn is a Portland, Oregon based songwriter and guitar player whose music seems to seep into the listener and build on itself long after the song has ended. "Flinn's music is as honest and forthright as it comes-literate, sober tunesmithing commanded by a strong and assured voice (Portland Mercury)." Like his rich, imagery based lyrics, his story is a journey between grand moments on the road, chance encounters with influential peers and intimate tracking in studios.

Born in the shadow of Mount Shasta, Sean Flinn spent his childhood haunting Whiskeytown Lake and the woods of Pacific Northwest with his twin sister. Sean Flinn's entry to music was in Eugene, Oregon at age 11 when he first picked up a guitar. Since then, Flinn has not put the instrument down and has had hundreds of songs come through his fingertips, sometimes unrelenting in their need to be played.

Next, Flinn's musical path lead him north to Portland, Oregon in 2003. Flinn brought with him 8 years of songwriting and band leadership, and an academic background in composition, jazz and classical guitar. He continued, as he does today, to write fervently. After spending years leading an instrumental jazz Quintet, that played solely his original compositions, Flinn made a conscious decision to diverge from jazz and return to his roots of rock, folk and pop, forming the rock band Invisible Rockets. With Sam Cooper (HorseFeathers) on bass, Jesse Donaldson on guitar and Joe Bowden (Jared Mees and the Grown Children) on drums, the group enamored fans with singing guitar melodies, and 60's-influenced vocal harmonies.

Simultaneously, Flinn was gaining recognition for his virtuosity on the guitar, and was invited to play lead guitar in the Nick Jaina Band, a Portland favorite. Flinn went on to play with this tawdry group and quickly began collaborating with Jaina and writing musical hooks for the band. His many, notable additions include melodic lap steel, twangy electric guitar solos and unique harmonies that can be heard on the albums Wool, A Narrow Way and A Bird In The Opera House. Flinn toured cross country and back many times with the Nick Jaina Band between 2006 and 2008. At the same time, he continued to write, play solo, record an EP, and build a following for Invisible Rockets.

During the recording of A Narrow Way, Rachel Blumberg (M Ward, Bright Eyes, Jolie Holland) and Flinn had a fortuitous encounter in the studio. Blumberg, who had recently recorded drums on Jolie Holland's The Living and The Dead (2008) recruited Flinn for guitar. Flinn learned 15 songs in a week and played Pickathon 2008, Portland's Indie Roots Festival, with Jolie Holland as the headlining act. Jolie invited him to tour on the spot.

This pivotal invitation altered Flinn's journey. In 2009, he rode three tours for Holland, two across America, Canada and one in Australia and New Zealand. Later that year he recorded a live record with her as Jolie Holland and the Hunting Party. The heavy tour schedule gave Flinn a much needed break from Portland and a perspective shift. Invisible Rockets had dissolved but he continued to focus heavily on his writing and completed nearly all of Write Me A Novel while on tour.

Upon returning to Portland, Flinn was flying solo and recording Write Me A Novel, with a notable cast of musicians including Jolie Holland, Laura Gibson, Rachel Blumberg, Matt Sheehy, Luz Elena Mendoza (Y La Bamba) and many more. He created Sean Flinn & The Royal We to give recognition to this new group. Their live shows includes Mendoza (vocals), Ben Meyercord (vocals, Y La Bamba), Seth Mankowski (bass), Tucker Jackson (pedal steel), Rachel Blumberg/Scott Magee (drums) and Galen Clark (organ),

Write Me A Novel (2010), is his redistribution of stories accumulated, in the most literal sense, a record from a season of richness. Here, he holds up every picture, every face, and every hand that has fed him. He points them out by name or allusion and thanks them graciously. Write Me A Novel is a burning work and Sean Flinn is holding the match.

The album is a pinnacle example of what Flinn does best; create imagery-rich lyrics and melodies that penetrate your head and heart, and then build on themselves long after the song is over. Through these seemingly timeless songs the listener is swept up into Flinn's clear voice, the driving and buoyant melodies of the band, and haunting vocal harmonies. His voice only grows adept and more idiosyncratic with age. And still, today, he haunts the rooms of lovers and friends, family and whiskey bars with a pen and black notebook, and a steady eye on the story. Sean Flinn is a collector, an archiver of person, place, lyric, chord and emotion.

Since forming the Royal We, Flinn has began playing in Y La Bamba, toured with Sally Ford and the Sound Outside and recently recorded with Herman Dune on their upcoming album. The songs continue to flow as he explores and expands his sound and continues to weave together the ever-unfolding strands that lead the best artist to greatness.