Soft Universe by Pnau

Soft Universe, the fourth studio album from Sydney's Pnau, came out on Etcetc in July 2011, and it's the sound of a dance act reaching for the stadium lights. Nick Littlemore, who sings and produces (and moonlights as one half of Empire of the Sun), and guitarist-producer Peter Mayes swapped their straight electronic dance sound for big, rock-anthem swagger, and Elton John, who had signed the duo after hearing their self-titled 2007 album, had a hand in the project.

It paid off: it climbed to number 13 on the ARIA Charts, their highest-charting album yet, and picked up an ARIA nomination for Best Dance Release that year. "The Truth" is the track that made the countdowns. Next came Good Morning to the Night, their reworkings of Elton John's hits.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.