''FutureNever'' is the second studio album by the Australian musician

Daniel Johns Daniel Paul Johns (born 22 April 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the former frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Silverchair. Johns is also one half of The Dissociatives with Paul Mac ...

, released on 22 April 2022 by

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. It was announced in December 2021 and initially scheduled for release on 1 April 2022 until it was delayed to 22 April to include the song "Emergency Calls Only". Johns said that he did not want to release any singles before the album, as he intended it to "be enjoyed as an album". Johns missed his own album launch party due to crashing his car in a high-range

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incident. At the

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, the album was nominated for Best Solo Artist.

Reception

Andrew Trendell from ''

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'' wrote, "While there's a lot of Daniel Johns at his best here, this isn't ''The Best of Daniel Johns''. There's rock bravado throughout, but you won't get a whiff of ''

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''. Styles and eras clash, but ''

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'' it ain't. There is, however, a vulnerability, curiosity and adventure that makes ''FutureNever'' unmistakably Johns."

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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