began preparations for Young Modern

After performing at WaveAid, Silverchair reunited, and by late 2005 began preparations for their next studio album, Young Modern . Johns had written about 50 songs during the hiatus for a possible solo album or other project but decided to use them for Silverchair. In 2006, after five weeks’ practice, the group demoed tracks in the Hunter Valley before recording at Los Angeles’ Seedy Underbelly Studios with Launay as producer. Parks again arranged orchestral tracks for the band—they travelled to Prague to record with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra . The group also used Mac, Luke Steele ( The Sleepy Jackson , Empire of the Sun ) and Julian Hamilton ( The Presets , The Dissociatives ). Hamilton also co-wrote songs with Johns. Silverchair self-funded the album’s production to ease the pressures they faced when working with a record label.