Silverchair's Ben Gillies, the drummer and co-founder of the now defunct Aussie favourites, has announced the debut album from his new project, Bento.
With Bento, Gillies is front and centre on vocals (maybe channelling a bit of Young Modern-era Daniel Johns and/or Johnny Depp?) and the album Diamond Days is 12 tracks of pop-rock wit.
Gillies says, “It's an album of self-discovery, of finding myself. I've always written songs and over the years I've kept a log of every idea. It's exciting to finally see some of these ideas fully realised.”
He added, “Being part of something as awesome and mammoth as Silverchair required so much of myself and at times there was very little energy left for other things. Now I feel as if I'm freed up and can satisfy my own creative output and get about doing what makes sense for me at this point. It's been a while in the making and I'm excited to finally share it.”
The album's title track will be the first single, to be released Monday 17 September. The album is scheduled for release Friday 26 October.
Watch the video for the title track below:
