Buy Seether - Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces
Rock band Seether has recorded a new album called "Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces," set for release October 23rd. The 12-set album is said by the band to be their most diverse yet, but by listening to the record, the song are quite redundant.
Seether had to cancel several shows due to a death, in which four of the tracks are derived from that tragedy. The opener "Like Suicide" is one of them. With lyrics like "she belongs to heaven" and "another complicated suicide," the song touches on some heavy screaming and hard guitars that sometimes are almost too much to take. So the next track "Fake It" uses the same vocal effect as "Like Suicide." "Fake It" is musically too similar to the latter and is their current single. The song reeks hypocracy and lies. The video was recently shot and shows a less serious side.
Seether is tough, but gentle. Previous acoustically written songs including "Broken" make Seether able to crossover to mainstream pop radio. "Walk Away From The Sun" is guitar and piano built. However, lyrically this wouldn't pass on mainstream pop as they have lyrics about depression that result in loss of life. "Could die for a gun/ Walk away from the sun/ And kill everyone," doesn't exactly give the image of picture perfect world. Coincidentally, "No Jesus Christ" sings of putting a gun in his mouth. Parents: don't let your kids get ahold of this dark album.
"Waste" is hard, but transcends a common theme in songs. When things in life just go wrong, an escape is usually desired. Here, the feeling is a sense of being misplaced and wanting to get away because everything in that current time is just a waste. Redundantly, "Eyes of the Devil" almost melodically imitates "Waste," with different lyrics.
Maybe the only friendly song lyrically and musically is "Rise Above This." It is a typical rock song acceptable by radio standards due to its easy guitars and soaring vocals. It is perhaps the most tame of the record in terms of production. "Breakdown" is a close second as there are no extreme guitar riffs or high powered shouting. "So break me down if it makes you feel right/ And hate me now if it keeps you alright/ So you can break me down if it takes all your might," plays out over simple guitar solos and power chords.
In music, it's popular for musicians to record responses to each other when a relationship is broken. However, there is no retaliation to Amy Lee's "Call Me When You're Sober." The lyrics on this record are dark and depressing and almost violent at times. Maybe when the band said it was diverse they really meant the message of the songs are different than before. It is enough to please the fans but should be listened to with caution by the casual fan as the lyrics get offensive and inappropriate for younger generations purchasing the music.
Seether's Finding Beauty in Negative Places will be released on Wind-Up Records October 23rd.
Buy Seether - Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces
01 Like Suicide
02 Fake It
03 Breakdown
04 FMLYHM
05 Fallen
06 Rise Above This
07 No Jesus Christ
08 6 Gun Quota
09 Walk Away From the Sun
10 Eyes of the Devil
11 Don't Believe
12 Waste
Seether - Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces
