Review
They claim to be influenced by country, grindcore and even Ween, but Socialburn sound more like their inspiration came right from John Kurzweg, who also produces Creed and Puddle of Mudd. Given the disparity between the varied influences and the neogrunge result, it’s easy to imagine that Kurzweg, the Lou Pearlman of commercial metal, plucked these four former homecoming kings from bumfuck Blountstown, Florida, and fed them a strict diet of Nickelback, Incubus and Train before herding them into the studio. Socialburn’s debut shows some promise: Select verses ache and certain choruses soar, but just when “Down” and “I’m Happy” threaten to get gritty, the mix is softened with bland, harmless commercial pop hooks. Even sugarcoated angst doesn’t usually sound quite this prefabricated.
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