Silverchair - new single/album/tour

[LeftHandedGuitarist]

Anybody heard Silverchair's new single 'Straight Lines'?

It's a further progression of the ambitious happy pop/rock sound they created on Diorama, though at points you could almost mistake this for a Take That song! I quite like it though, Daniel Johns has one of the most creative ears for melodies I've ever heard.

The new album 'Young Modern' is out very soon I believe. Going from the video previews released on their website, the song 'If You Keep Losing Sleep' sounds very cool.

[Bleeders]

Never been into em' myself, but the missus' loves em'. It's quite a good tune as well.

[stradled]

Im a big fan, I will report back on my opinion. I hope they start touring again.

[spida1998]

From the official website...

Silverchair have announced their first shows in the U.K since 2003!

All dates and venues for the upcoming “Young Modern Tour” are as follows;

FRIDAY 10th August Brixton Academy, London
SATURDAY 11th August Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
SUNDAY 12th August Ritz, Manchester
MONDAY 13th August Rock City, Nottingham

Tickets go on sale Tuesday April 17th at 9am.
Ticket purchase info. is available in the Tours section

Will probably go along to the Ritz, although I hope the ticket prices published for the Edinburgh show are incorrect...suspect:

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/17003E8DE1E8D1AB?artistid=776018&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

[LeftHandedGuitarist]

Already started a thread here:
http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=467009&highlight=silverchair

[Bish]

Threads merged and "tour" added to the thread ttle :)

[cervaro]

Liked Diorama, so might pick up the new album once I've heard a few bits of it.

[LeftHandedGuitarist]

It's fairly different to what they've done before, but if I had to compare it to any previous album I would say that it's a development of the sound they created on Diorama. Very melodic with a lot of pop sensibilities, but certainly not a mainstream sound and it has more of a gritty edge than Diorama. There are even traces of The Dissociatives (Daniel John's electronic side-project) in there.

There definitely isn't a trace of the old 1990's Silverchair sound here, and I think that's a good thing honestly. They only became interesting when they released Neon Ballroom.