In 2012 Sean Flinn and The Royal We ranked in Paste Magazine’s Ten Oregon Bands You Should Listen To Now, where Luke Larson calls Flinn “a tried-and-true singer/songwriter” who “has picked up his own eclectic style of crafting pop songs along the way...that were as creatively recorded as they were solidly written.”

Born in the shadow of Mount Shasta, Sean Flinn spent his boyhood exploring the bends of Whiskeytown Lake and its surrounding woods. He was first turned on to the guitar at a young age while living in the Bay Area, but it wasn’t until he moved to Portland in his early twenties where he found his musical clan. The Portland Mercury calls Flinn's music “as honest and forthright as it comes-literate, sober tunesmithing commanded by a strong and assured voice.” He began recording and touring with bands and musicians formative to the Pacific Northwest music scene such as Y La Bamba, Nick Jaina, and Jolie Holland.