Title: Difficult album
Product review: Life must be hard on Silverchair. The young band could have settled into the role of Nirvana Jr and rapidly stagnate. This band has other plans and if one listened to tracks like "Cemetary" on their previous album "Freakshow" - you see the inspiration for this album.Silverchair continue the progression towards more emotional rock on this album but not without difficulty. Daniel Johns sounds more unsure of himself having shed most of the Cobain croon. Songs alternate between the new softer emotional stuff to some rather dull grunge. In sum, the band is going through a transitional phase giving hints of where they really want to be but are not quite there. At the same time they try to hold on to their past roots but to no avail.Unfortunately this album is less consistent than "Freakshow" which was in itself rather uninteresting. Most tracks miss their target. Its hard to fault the young band for trying and I think that their best years are ahead.
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