released Young Modern

Young Modern was released in March 2007, as was the first single, ” Straight Lines “. Three more singles—” Reflections of a Sound “, ” If You Keep Losing Sleep “, and ” Mind Reader “—were released later. Young Modern became the fifth Silverchair album to top the ARIA Albums chart; they became the first artists to have five number-one albums on the ARIA Albums chart. “Straight Lines” also became the band’s third number-one single in Australia. In June 2007, Silverchair and fellow Australian band Powderfinger announced the Across the Great Divide Tour . The tour promoted the efforts of Reconciliation Australia in mending the 17-year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. Support acts on the tour were John Butler , Missy Higgins , Kev Carmody , Troy Cassar-Daley , Clare Bowditch and Deborah Conway .