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Seabird
Rocks into Rivers (Credential)
Released December 2009
Robert Ham

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Style: TV soundtrack-ready pop; compare to Keane, Coldplay

Top tracks: "Trust," "This Ain't Home"

Those with troubled souls would do well to pick up the second full-length by Seabird. The Cincinnati-based quartet sings directly to the broken and spiritually pained in almost shamelessly direct language ("Things were so simple/'til the day he walked out on your mother"). As a salve to the soul, it works wonders. But without the pointed lyrics, Rocks would fall into the already overstuffed pack of well-meaning bands whose saccharine mid-tempo piano-heavy pop feels shamelessly crafted for insertion in the closing montage of an hour-long TV drama.

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[Reader Reviews]

caleb Hegenberger

December 16, 2009 3:00pm

seabird not only is a talented band but has a unique sound and one of the most unique frontmen out there. i think the review should have been a little thought out before it dislodged and disregarded a solid band and possibly misled people. and i am upset that there is no review of mae's morning ep.

xman

December 16, 2009 11:49am

This CMT review was a very lazy. This album sounds simular to their first album, which many of us enjoyed. Some of us enjoy bands who produce albums that play around the edges of their original sound, giving us something new while keeping what attracted us in the first place. Several other review sites have rated this album much higher. I think some of the CMT reviewers are too "artsy" for their own good, and not in touch with what those of us who listen to music enjoy on our MP3 players each day.

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