Daniel Johns (ex-Silverchair) Releases New LP, Drops Video For “Cool On Fire”

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Daniel Johns. (Photo: Harold David)

During those long, silent years since Silverchair’s split in 2011, there was lots of speculation about what former frontman Daniel Johns was doing. The enigmatic singer/songwriter removed himself from radar. Rumours were rife.

“Some of the rumours were probably true”, Johns chuckles. Which ones? “Well, anyone who wants to listen to the new songs will figure it out pretty quick. It’s been an interesting ride.”

In tandem with the release of his brand new solo album, Talk (out today), Johns also dropped a new video for album track “Cool On Fire”, an uplifting love song co-written and produced by Lorde/Jarryd James collaborator Joel Little. Stream the video below.

“I’ve always felt like most people hate everything I do but thankfully there’s always been an enthusiastic minority who seem to ‘get’ it. That’s fine with me,” Johns says. “Anything that appeals to everyone tends to suck anyway.”

“What’s funny is that when Silverchair released Frogstomp most people went out of the way to tell me how much it sucked. Then when we made Diorama a few years later everyone started telling me how I should go back to making Frogstomp. I guess now I’ll be told to go back and make Diorama again!”

“That was part of why I picked the album title too by the way. I don’t really care what most people think. Let them talk.”

Buy Talk on iTunes here.