Since debuting at the front of Silverchair in the mid-1990s, Daniel Johns has become one of Australia’s most versatile and in-demand songwriters. Even as his former band evolved from angsty grunge to ornate art-rock, Johns has proven to be comfortable in all sorts of settings as a co-writer or guest star. He is especially adept at building emotional nuance into immersive electronics, helping to craft distinctive tracks for Flume, Empire of the Sun and The Presets and contributing his pining falsetto to thoughtful turns from SLUMBERJACK and What So Not. Johns has also applied his practised touch to silky pop ballads (Tyde Levi’s “Goldchains”), frisky disco (Kimbra’s “Miracle”) and floaty dreamscapes (Lisa Gerrard’s “Blinded”). He has even acquitted himself naturally in a hip-hop setting, adding vulnerable guest vocals to rapper 360’s 2014 addiction lament “Impossible”. Whatever the backdrop, Johns adds subtle hooks and real depth of feeling to everything that bears his name—including his ambitious solo work.