Album Review
Seether - Finding Beauty In Negative SpacesSeether - Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces

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
 Band Members

Shaun Morgan (Vocals, Guitar)
Dale Stewert (Bass, Vocals)
John Humphrey (Drums)
 Track Listing
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
 Band Related Links
Seether Myspace
Seether Official Website
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?