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I first heard of Seether through the song that frontman
Shaun Morgan and Evanescence front women Amy Lee
did for The Punisher soundtrack back in 2004 but
ever since then I haven’t really taken much
notice of Seether's music, I have heard the odd
single and seen the odd music video but I have never
really been drawn into the bands sound, well that
is until now.
Seether are just about to release their new album
'Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces', well technically
the album isn’t new as it was released in
America in October 2007 which is a good 7 months
ago, it proved to be extremely successful with
57,000 copies being sold in the first week of
release and a staggering 400,000 copies being
sold in America to date, it does make you question
why it has taken so long for the album to be released
in the UK, but I wont question to much as the
album is finally here and is a really enjoyable
experience and a solid album.
'Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces' opens up
with 'Like Suicide', and it is the perfect track
to open the album, it has a classic catchy Seether
feel about it, the riffs are thick, the vocals
are very melodic yet get quite shouty in places.
Two singles have already been released from 'Finding
Beauty In Negative Spaces', the first single release
was 'Fake It', the song is really catchy and has
a feel of Puddle Of Mudd mixed with Nickleback
and a bit of CKY guitar “riffage”,
the song is extremely radio friendly which is
something you have to get used to because that
is the approach Seether have taken with this album,
each and every song on offer here is worthy of
radio play. The second single released from this
album is 'Rise Above This' and is a song that
frontman Shaun Morgan wrote about his brother
Eugene Morgan before his tragic death last August,
the song is really soft and has a Velvet Revolver
'Fall To Pieces' feel about it, the song starts
off with a relaxed drum beat and really soft guitar
work, the vocals are just what you would come
to expect from Shaun Morgan.
There are many quality moments on 'Finding Beauty
In Negative Spaces' but the song that stands out
the most to me is 'FMLYHM' now you are probably
thinking what the hell does the song title mean?
Well as soon as the chorus kicks in and you hear
Shaun shouting "Fuck Me Like You Hate Me,
Dig It Up, Tear It Down, Dig It Up And Whore Me
Out" you should of worked it out. The song
is big, rocking and a lot heavier than what you
would expect from a Seether song.
The longest track on the album is 'No Jesus Christ'
running for well over 7 minutes, the song starts
off really softly with really chilled out guitar
work and soft vocals and stays this way for nearly
2 minutes when the song then erupts into heaviness
with Shaun screaming "Your No Jesus Christ"
repetitively over really heavy guitar riffs, the
song deals with suicide with closing lyrics of
"Put the gun in my mouth and pull the trigger,
I feel so alive here, Put the gun in my mouth
it tastes so better, I feel so alive here'. Lets
hope the Daily Mail don’t get hold of this
album in the near future and add Seether to their
hit list for the cause of teen suicide.
The whole of 'Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces'
is worth listening to, there are some really quality
moments on offer, there is a big variety of sound
throughout the album, with some songs sounding
heavy, some sounding chilled out and catchy and
some having a complete mixture of all three. Seether
have gotten heavier and more melodic at the same
time and the mixture works really well.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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Shaun Morgan (Vocals, Guitar)
Dale Stewert (Bass, Vocals)
John Humphrey (Drums) |
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1. Like Suicide
2. Fake It
3. Breakdown
4. Fmlyhm
5. Fallen
6. Rise Above This
7. No Jesus Christ
8. 6 Gun Quota
9. Walk Away From The Sun
10. Eyes Of The Devil
11. Don't Believe
12. Waste |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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