Silverchair - Straight Lines

There are very few bands that still exist by the fifth album, let alone still producing some of the most relevant and popular tunes of the year. Silverchair, however, seem to do this with immaculate ease.

Watching a Silverchair retrospective special on the cable the other night, it was amazing to see the enormous changes and evoloution if Silverchair's sound from the early years to current day. Each sound is influenced by their surroundings of each era (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, etc, etc) but with such a unqique flair for which front man Daniel Johns has made his name for.

Their first single in almost four years - is without doubt - one of their best to date. It borrows from the pop guidebook, a little from the Indie-Electro guidebook and Daniel Johns' personal guidebook. It's a succinct pop tune which is both excitable and epic, not unlike when Coldplay are at their best.

There is a certain similarity in sound to Johns' previous project, The Dissociatives, which could have quite happily released this as part of their new album (however, the fact that Paul Mac has signed up to Silverchair as an official fourth member seems to indicate that the two Johns' project will merge into one).

It's an exciting single, which only builds even more hype towards one of the most anticipated albums of 2007. I know I'll be lining up on day one to grab it!

RATING: 5 out of 5