The Down Lizzo:
After over a decade of hard slog, touring, growing their fanbase and writing and performing great post-grunge / metal anthems, the most successful South African rock band to ever leave our shores and kill it in the States has finally released a follow up to their epic 2007 album Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces and it’s godawful.
Seether’s material has always walked the fine line between legitimate post-grunge and wanky hero-rock and unfortunately this time around Seether have strayed a little far into the commercial cesspool that bands like Nickleback, Daughtry and Creed float in.
Sick Tracks:
The first time around “Country Song†is ok if not a little familiar. As for the rest of it, I can hardly distinguish one song from the rest to tell you what they’re actually like, but the words “plain as mud†come to mind.
The worst tracks are by far “Here And Now†which sounds like it should be on the Spiderman soundtrack and “Tonightâ€, which sounds like a really, really bad version of “Rise Above Thisâ€.
The vocal melodies, chord and strong structures and production are as predictable as the plot in a Hollywood rom com and twice as nauseating.
And don’t even get me started on the lyrics (“Save me / Even as you break me / Every time you rape me / Leave me coming all undone†– snore).
They’re so loaded with hollow sentiment and radio rock clichés it’s goddamn cringeworthy.
The only thing noteworthy about this album is how poignantly honest it’s title is.
Should You Give A Shit?
Fuck no. Let’s all just pretend that this album never happened and focus instead on the musical gems that this band has produced up to this vacuous point in their career.
Although, to be fair, if you like Daughtry and co. you’ll probably dig this album. You’ll also probably dig drinking beer through funnels, 4x4s and Rohypnol but hey, who am I to judge.
Here’s “Here And Now†to drive home my point. Enjoy.
Final Verdict: 3/10
