At the time, you could count on two things with Vic Chesnutt: he would approach any topic and take an unexpected angle. With an incisive eye and razor wit, he would always cut straight to the heart of the matter. He did so to great effect on Silver Lake, giving equal weight to the tender affirmation of "In My Way, Yes" and the scathing self-critique of "Styrofoam," and applying his delightfully odd spin to the standard love story on both "Band Camp" and "Fa-La-La." Chesnutt's idiosyncratic quaver and nylon-string strum are abetted throughout by generous rock and soul arrangements.