Editing Something for Kate (section)

===2001–2002: ''Echolalia''===
Something for Kate's third studio album, ''[[Echolalia (album)|Echolalia]]'' (June 2001), was produced by [[Trina Shoemaker]] ([[Sheryl Crow]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]]).<ref name="ODonnell"/> They began work at Mangrove Studios – owned by INXS member [[Garry Gary Beers]] – on Sydney's north coast.<ref name="ODonnell"/> The sessions in a windowless rehearsal studio stretched out over a year as Dempsey struggled with [[writer's block]].<ref name="kingsmill"/> He recalled:

{{quote|We'd go down there every day, pick up our instruments and wait for something to happen. And we spent a lot of days just sitting there, staring at each other. We'd set a standard for ourselves and I guess we were trying to meet that. Nothing was happening, we got really depressed and we hit a wall. I was spiralling down.<ref name="kingsmill"/>}}

Exasperated, the band travelled to an island in the [[Gulf of Thailand]], where Dempsey wrote "Monsters" in 20 minutes. He said the song, about overcoming self-doubt, broke the drought: "As soon as I stopped thinking about it, as soon as I stopped being a songwriter, it came. So after that, we came home and wrote about 20 songs."<ref name="kingsmill"/> Ashworth described Dempsey's guitar work: "Paul was a really percussive guitarist: he's a drummer, first and foremost and he actually taught Clint to play the drums. So he comes from playing the guitar from a really percussive perspective; from a very Fugazi-type of world, creating every aspect of a song on the guitar instead of just melodies."<ref name="Lawrence"/>

The album, released in June 2001, peaked at No.&nbsp;2 and was certified as platinum – for shipment of 70,000 copies – by the end of the year.<ref name="AusCharts"/><ref name="ARIA Cert 01 Albs"/> Lawrence felt that "In many ways, it marks quite a departure from their past two efforts, moving towards a sparser and richer sound, both in terms of instrumentation and the moods it creates. A dazzling evolution for this vital Melbourne trio."<ref name="Lawrence"/> It was listed in the top&nbsp;40 in the book, ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]'' (October 2010).<ref name="ODonnell">{{cite book | title = [[100 Best Australian Albums]] | last1 = O'Donnell | first1 = John | author-link1 = John O'Donnell (music journalist) | last2 = Creswell | first2 = Toby | author-link2 = Toby Creswell | last3 = Mathieson | first3 = Craig | publisher = Hardie Grant Books | date = October 2010 | location = [[Prahran, Victoria|Prahran, Vic]] | pages = 120–121 | isbn = 978-1-74066-955-9 }}</ref> The authors, [[John O'Donnell (music journalist)|John O'Donnell]], [[Toby Creswell]] and [[Craig Mathieson]], explained, "[it is] full of ghosts; figures appear and then disappear; people turn into nothingness as they blindly repeat their daily routines, and protagonists try to find a way to move from the world they know to the world they want."<ref name="ODonnell"/>

"Monsters" was issued in April 2001 as the album's lead single, which debuted at No.&nbsp;15, and is the group's highest charting single.<ref name="AusCharts"/> O'Donnell, Creswell and Mathieson described the track's sound, "It begins with purpose, shadowed by a hint of trepidation, but two lines in, as the bass starts to make its point and Dempsey's voice becomes more pointed, the song starts to summon self-belief."<ref name="ODonnell"/> Fellow Australian music journalist, [[Ed Nimmervoll]], felt the group had "spent more time on their songs than they'd ever spent in the past. On record the result was the rich and full sound which they haven't been able to capture up until now. Their efforts were rewarded and the band's status confirmed with the first single 'Monsters' becoming the band's first bona fide 'hit'."<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> It was followed by two more singles, "Three Dimensions" (August) and "Twenty Years" (November), which reached the top&nbsp;50.<ref name="AusCharts"/>

The band sold out two national tours and finished the year again supporting Powderfinger. At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2001]] Something for Kate were nominated in six categories – [[ARIA Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], [[ARIA Award for Best Group|Best Group]], Best Alternative Release and [[ARIA Award for Best Cover Art|Best Cover Art]] (by Ashworth) for ''Echolalia''; and [[ARIA Award for Single of the Year|Single of the Year]] and Best Video (directed by Bart Borghesi) for "Monsters" – but they did not win a trophy.<ref name="ARIA List">ARIA Music Awards for Something for Kate:
* Search Results 'Something for Kate': {{cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search/?q=silverchair&view=list&text=Something%20for%20Kate | title = Winners by Year: Search Results for 'Something for Kate' | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date = 23 May 2016 }}
* 1999 winners and nominees: {{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110519015907/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1999 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1999 | title = Winners by Year 1999 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | archive-date = 19 May 2011 | access-date = 23 May 2016 }}
* 2001 winners and nominees: {{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235727/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2001 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2001 | title = Winners By Year 2001 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | archive-date = 26 September 2007 | access-date = 23 May 2016 }}
* 2003 winners and nominees: {{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235713/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2003 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2003 | title = Winners By Year 2003 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | archive-date = 26 September 2007 | access-date = 23 May 2016 }}</ref> On the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2001]] "Monsters" as listed at No.&nbsp;2, "Three Dimensions" at No.&nbsp;13 and "Twenty Years" at No.&nbsp;37;<ref name="Triple J 01">{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/archive.htm?year=2001&alltime=0 | title = Hottest 100 2001 | publisher = Triple J Hottest 100. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | access-date = 24 May 2016 }}</ref> while ''Echolalia'' was listed as the top album for the year.