Customer Reviews

Straight Lines

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This single is a great peak into the upcoming album. It sort of preps you. Most Chair fans know by now that you never get the same thing from Silverchair twice--and "Young Modern" is no exception. Frankly, though I love all the Silverchair records, I think this may be the best one yet. It at least ties with "Diorama".

This single is worth buying, because it has "Sleep All Day," an awesome song that wouldn't have quite fit on the "Young Modern" record. It's an edgy mix between The Dissociatives, the new Chair songs, and many of Johns' old influences like Nirvana. It is a nice stepping stone towards "Young Modern," and well worth the $12.

The only other exclusive track on this disc is "Don't Want to Be the One (Live)." The best part is Daniel's dialogue at the beggining, but you won't find yourself listening to this track over and over again.

I may have given this a 4 but since I haven't heard much good in the last couple months, I was excited about it. They definately grew up from their 1st album. It is poppy but it is enjoyable and I respect that they don't sound exactly like when they came out.

Well. When I heard the first single, "Straight Lines" I thought it sounded decent. I expected a lot more of that sound on this album.
Strangely enough it's probably the most rocking song on the album.
Apart from "Straight Lines" the album sounds like Daniel's side project with Paul Mac, "THE DISSOCIATIVES". It's fairly experimental, extremely pretentious, and so all over the place it's hard to enjoy in one listen.
This may have been better as Daniel's debut solo album or the next Dissociatives album.
The other two members of the band are now basically relegated to backing band to Daniel's self indulgence.
There's very little tone from the bass, it's just merged into the backround. The drums lack their classic "silverchair sound". It sounds more like session musicians playing along.
Musically this album has a 1960's & 70's sort of sound. Cinematic ballads. I hear a lot of John lennon's solo work and McCartney's in it too.
Some of the highlights are "Those thieving birds". "If you keep losing sleep".
Unfortunately there are quite a few weak tracks such as "Mindreader", "Insomnia", "Man that knew too much", "Waiting all day". Boring is the thought that comes to mind. Daniel seems to be trying out some other vocal stylings, a lot of english accents pop up in his voice now. Some sound alright but some sound cringeworthy.
David Bottrill's mix of this album is very brick wall and in your face.
It doesn't back off much.
I still don't know what to think of it as an album. It's very odd.
It's almost bizarre to go back and listen to Frogstomp then put this new album on. It's like a completely different band.
I'm sure it will grow on me more. The highlights are quite good but I would have preferred it if Daniel had continued with the Diorama sound. It still generally sounded like a band back then.
CHEERS!

This song is half decent, but the follow up album is a major dissapointment, with Daniel coming across as a pretentious tryhard.