{|Seether|}'s lead singer/songwriter, {|Shaun Morgan|}, is an unabashed, unapologetic worshiper of {|Kurt Cobain|}, using {|Nirvana|}'s sound as a template for {|Seether|} and, more importantly, interpreting {|Kurt|}'s teenage angst as something entirely un-ironic and confessional. This is a pretty skewed reading of {|Nirvana|} but not an uncommon one, and there have been scores of bands that have devoted their careers to ironing out every quirk in {|Cobain|}'s legacy, with {|Seether|} being one of the more prominent of this legion in the new millennium. In {|Morgan|}'s interpretation of {|Nirvana|}, music is just a vehicle for emotional catharsis and boy did he ever have a lot to get off his chest in 2007, as in the previous year he lost a guitarist; was subjected to the humiliation of his ex, {|Amy Lee|}, pretty much writing an entire album about him on {|Evanescence|}'s {|The Open Door|} (including the withering hit single {|"Call Me When You're Sober"|}); and did a stint in rehab. All this turmoil is evident on their third proper album, {|Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces|}, an over-written title that hints at {|Morgan|}'s propensity for purple prose (but not his predilection for profanity; the F-word powers more than a few choruses here). Those words -- tortured and tormented, entirely too literal -- are at the center of {|Finding Beauty|} as {|Morgan|} doesn't really have an interest in musical development, just pouring out his soul. It's a bit odd that he pairs these naked emotional bloodlettings to music that is jacked-up and overly polished generic active {|rock|} that all blends together -- {|"Rise Above This"|} the one midtempo tune with an identifiable melodic hook stands out -- but for all his angst, he doesn't really put a unique spin on it; they come across like cliches, not confessions. And so, {|Finding Beauty|} winds up being sung cliches over musical cliches, heartfelt but not exactly heart-rending. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine