Silverchair

Former grunge disciples Silverchair have gradually grown out of their flannels over their 12-year career, these days outfitting themselves with a bit more sparkle. Make that a lot more sparkle. The dancey, bombastic Young Modern will give anyone who associates the band solely with '90s mega-hit "Tomorrow" a kick in the keister. The album deceptively begins with the trio's familiar booming rock but quickly evolves into Freddie Mercury-flavored affairs, gregarious orchestral arrangements, disco-esque ditties and even raunchy rockers reminiscent of fellow Aussies AC/DC.

In the mid-nineties, the Australian trio Silverchair was a true boy band - very young men
playing strong, original hard-rock songs on their own instruments. Drummer Ben Gillies,
bassist Chris Joannou and singer-guitarist-songwriter Daniel Johns are still young (in their
late twenties). They are also aggressively modern in the long reach of Young Modern, their
first studio album in five years, from the balled-fist fuzz of "Mind Reader" to the s... More >