Silverchair

stateoflove79

...is becoming one of my favorite bands. Their last 3 albums have been fucking amazing. Diorama alone is in my top 50 albums of all time. Any thoughts on this band?...How is everyone liking Young Modern?...I think that is a solid effort, too.

mouthfulofsoup

Hi Matt! I agree Diorama is amazing. Neon Ballroom too. From what I heard Young Modern is a wee bit too experimental sounding for me...but the other 2 are great albums.

pjoasisrule

Liked the first album, a few songs on the second album and havent liked anything since.

Champagne Breakfast

One of my favorite bands of all time. Daniel Johns is beyond talented. Such a sick voice. GO see them live if you can. But don't expect frogstomp.
Diorama is my favorite.

tonadax

I think Silverchair it's one of those bands like Incubus wich get better with every record they put out......

RockKing

tonadax wrote:

I think Silverchair it's one of those bands like Incubus wich get better with every record they put out......

It's funny how different people's opinions of music can be. I think Incubus has gotten steadily worse with every album since SCIENCE. I think SCIENCE is one of the best albums ever made. Whereas with Silverchair, I agree....I think they keep getting better and better.

stateoflove79

tonadax wrote:

I think Silverchair it's one of those bands like Incubus wich get better with every record they put out......

I agree with this statement.

Edit: I do think they slipped a little bit with Light Grenades, however. ACLOTM is their best album in my opinion, and I can't wait to see what they come with next. Light Grenades is still a damn good record though.

stateoflove79

mouthfulofsoup wrote:

Hi Matt! I agree Diorama is amazing. Neon Ballroom too. From what I heard Young Modern is a wee bit too experimental sounding for me...but the other 2 are great albums.

HI Chris!!...Give Young Modern a try...it's pretty good...it's no Diorama, but still really good.

Hope you had a great holiday.

ledvedderman

mouthfulofsoup wrote:

Hi Matt! I agree Diorama is amazing. Neon Ballroom too. From what I heard Young Modern is a wee bit too experimental sounding for me...but the other 2 are great albums.

You love Diorama but Young Modern was too experimental for you? That's odd. I think Diorama would be the harder album to get into because it is so experimental. Young Modern is just kick ass straightforward rock and roll. No crazy tunings or pianos, just driven guitar rock.

lowlight10

ledvedderman wrote:

Young Modern is just kick ass straightforward rock and roll. No crazy tunings or pianos, just driven guitar rock.

huh? there are only 2 songs on YM that I would consider Rock (Losing Sleep and Mindreader). the rest is very poppy and there is WAY too much Paul Mac all over the album. i like the album, but initially I was disappointed. it took a while to grow on me. Diorama on the other hand was brilliant from the get-go.

simply amazing band. and part of me loves that they dont have a huge following here in the states.

karmapolice

I don't like Young Modern that much.. But Diorama and Neon Ballroom are two really brilliant albums
Great live band too..

Ricsard

Well, personally I think SIlverchair used to get better and better - Diorama is their very best masterpiece however Young Modern is still a pretty fuckin' good record - unfortunately it does not rock hard - instead sounds kinda art poprock!

Incubus: my three fav albums are Make Yourself , A Crow Left Of The Murder AND(!) Light Grenades. I am so happy I saw them twice in 2007 on their Grenades tour - it's been a pretty good era of theirs!

pjfan31

I love aussie bands doing well. most of their songs. SOme are a bit hard to swollow, but how good are their old stuffas like 14 yr olds, Freak, Tommorrow abuse me. Good stuff.

Are they really big overseas or do u have to search hard for their albums?

Brian V.

I guess I'm unusual in that I like all of Silverchair's cds except Frogstomp. The music isn't bad, but except for one or two tracks I get bored listening to it. But I love the aggression on Freak Show and the experimental tracks on the later cds.

CanadianEH

Neon Ballroom is my favorite. I still think it's one of the best albums of all time. I liked the experimental Diorama, and Young Modern really grows on you. Saw them live in 97 and 99, can't wait for the next time. First silverchair then Wolfmother. Australia just sent us another amazing band in Airbourne. Whatever they are putting in the water down there, keep doing it!

asgoodased

Diorama and Young Modern are both really great. Neon Ballroom wasn't bad. Everything before that was forgetable.

chris05

Young Modern is by far my favorite album of 2007. When i first got it I did'nt know what to expect but I loved it. Different album for sure, but great.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

its different than their old ones, and more mature and interesting too. Still sucks though. I'll give them credit for trying, but i still dont like their music.

mert

It's funny, Silverchair is one of my favourite, favourite bands... And for similar reasons as why I love PJ, and the other band that rounds out my top three favourites, the Tragically Hip - because they write the music that they want, and that they feel is the best. They aren't afraid to experiment and take their fans for a ride. All three bands have opened my eyes to all kinds of music I wouldn't have listened to otherwise.

And in my opinion, Paul Mac is love

stateoflove79

chris05 wrote:

Young Modern is by far my favorite album of 2007. When i first got it I did'nt know what to expect but I loved it. Different album for sure, but great.

I fell in love with it almost instantly.