(Imeem won't embed... listen to the album here)
If you'll let me lie for a second, I've been a fan of Seether since they were called Saron Gas. In actuality... I discovered the South African rock legends only a few years ago, when lead singer Shaun Morgan remade their hit "Broken" with Amy Lee (of Evanescence fame).
Broken was amazing and got me hooked on the romance-grunge sound of Seether (it's very easy to compare the guys with Nirvana, especially on their latest effort). Unfortunately for my addiction, another addiction got in the way- Shaun checked himself into rehab for a *long* time, postponing a new album until late last year, when the guys released their third effort, entitled "Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces."
Even at first listening, the album will blow you away. Seether's notorious DEEP distortion effects are pulled off just perfectly enough to make them top-40 material on some tracks (the dreary "Walk Away From The Sun" and the hopeful "Rise Above This") while remaining true to their grunge/rock roots on infectious tracks like "(You're) No Jesus Christ" and "FMLYHM".
The only shortfall is that, although about half the album is *really* catchy, the other half is very hard to get into. Sort of like the Killers, in that sense. But altogether the album makes an interesting and comfortable transition into the field for newcomers to hard rock and grunge.
Tracks and my rating:
- "Like Suicide" - 4:14 (***)
- "Fake It" - 3:15 (*****)
- "Breakdown" - 3:29 (***)
- "F.M.L.Y.H.M." - 3:28 (****)
- "Fallen" - 4:18 (***)
- "Rise Above This" - 3:23 (***)
- "No Jesus Christ" - 7:05 (**)
- "6 Gun Quota" - 3:23 (***)
- "Walk Away from the Sun" - 4:13 (***) (wait for the third chorus... amazing)
- "Eyes of the Devil" - 5:00 (*) (didn't like this one so much)
- "Don't Believe" - 4:35 (*)
- "Waste" - 4:22 (**)
- Jaden
9 comments:
Ah! So they're the band who does that "No Jesus Christ" song... which means I *have* actually heard more from them than just "Broken". ;)
BTW- you guys should set it so people without blogger can also comment.
they play No Jesus Christ on the radio? Wow... that's dumb of them. They should put "Walk Away From The Sun" or "6 Gun Quota".
Listen to "Fake It." I've played that song on guitar more times than I can count... incredibly fun and easy.
Thanks for stopping by!
- Jaden
somebody just fixed the comments, it looks. Thanks.
- Jaden
I just fixed the comments, and Jaden, I just gave you admin power.
POWER!!!! ULTIMATE POWER!!!! HA! HA! HA!!!!
... whoops, got carried away. Have you guys seen that part in Aladdin where Jafar becomes a genie? Man, I've always wished that was me... except for the lamp part.
- Jaden
This blog is slow. ;)
I'm waiting on somebody else to post.
POST! SOMEBODY POST!
- Jaden
At this rate, it may never happen. ;)
Uh... it's been a month, people... ;)
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