Neon Ballroom

Album · Released 5 March 1999

Neon Ballroom

Emotion Sickness is a striking way for Silverchair to open an album. The piano sounds unsettled, the strings keep changing the scale and Daniel Johns sings as though the arrangement is both supporting and interrupting him. Neon Ballroom immediately suggests a wider imagination than a straightforward grunge record. The song is ambitious because its different elements affect the movement, rather than simply decorating the guitar parts. David…