Diorama: The Rainbow at the End of the Darkness
Foreword Diorama (Eleven/Atlantic, 2002) by the Australian alternative rock band Silverchair (of "the water out of the tap is veeeeery HARD TO DRIIIIIIIIINK " fame) is an intriguing listen. Dare I say it, because of its then-novel approach to furthering the shape of alternative rock to come and laying future groundwork in a manner not too dissimilar to De-loused in the Comatorium , Rated R , and Origin of Symmetry , it's, in this author's opinion, one of the best albums ever made. With reinvigorated and increasingly complex songwriting from Daniel Johns and Ben Gillies, with some songs being written as far back as 1998 ("Without You," "The Lever"), and a plethora of orchestral additions from art pop innovator/the King of Acid Alliteration Van Dyke Parks, this album transforms itself from the album where the post-grunge boy band finished growing up into a genuinely exhilarating work of the New Prog subgenre. Through Johns and Gillies' mo