{"id":101585,"date":"2024-09-20T03:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T07:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/09\/20\/seether-confronts-self-doubt-and-genuine-anguish-on-new-album-the-surface-seems-so-far\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T03:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T07:03:30","slug":"seether-confronts-self-doubt-and-genuine-anguish-on-new-album-the-surface-seems-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/09\/20\/seether-confronts-self-doubt-and-genuine-anguish-on-new-album-the-surface-seems-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Seether Confronts Self-Doubt and \u2018Genuine Anguish\u2019 on New Album \u2018The Surface Seems So\u00a0Far\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tFor Seether<\/a> frontman Shaun Morgan, it\u2019s more exciting to be bringing out a new album \u2014 The Surface Seems So Far<\/em>, which drops Friday, Sept. 20 \u2014 than it is to be celebrating the band\u2019s 25th anniversary.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt has been that long since Morgan formed Seether, as Saron Gas, in his native South Africa (bassist Dale Stewart joined in January of 2000 and has remained since). During the interim the group has released nine studio albums and netted 26 top 10 singles on Billboard\u2019s various rock charts, including 10 No. 1 Mainstream Rock Airplay hits with the new album\u2019s first single, \u201cJudas Mind.\u201d Seether was also Billboard\u2019s No. 1 Active Rock Artist and Heritage Rock Artist in 2011, the same year \u201cCountry Song\u201d was the top Active Rock song of the year. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSometimes it feels like 25 minutes, sometimes it feels like 250 years,\u201d Morgan tells Billboard<\/em> via Zoom from his home in Nashville \u2014 where, he acknowledges with a chuckle, \u201cI\u2019m 45 now, so it\u2019s been a long time and I\u2019m starting to feel it in the bones, all the respective ailments that slowly creep in with age. There\u2019s always that reality check to let you know you\u2019ve been doing it for awhile.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI guess for us the most exciting thing is still to be able to do it\u2026at this level and with this kind of enthusiasm and this kind of fan base. Thankfully so far we\u2019ve managed to keep on trucking and keep the band moving forward. That in itself, I think, is the achievement I focus on. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve toured many, many years with many, many bands that no longer exist, and they were bands I thought were better than us. We\u2019ve certainly weathered some genres and trends and seen some go and return, and we\u2019ve just sort of been trucking away in the background. Somehow we\u2019ve managed to keep ourselves around and be relevant on some level.\u201d<\/p>\n

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