January 09, 2007
Kerrang Cover Stars!
That's true... the one, the only, Biffy Clyro, on the FRONT of Kerrang. Loverly.
We'll get the rest of the article tomorrow.
Good work, Toe!
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November 04, 2006
'Puzzle'
As you'll have seen from the previous entries, the new album is definitely going to be called 'Puzzle'. There's been a lot of new material played and distributed (by the band, largely, hurrah!), and a full list of songs, such as we know, is below...
This has wholeheartedly been taken from the sterling work of Mr James/Timbuckley on the boards. He's done that which I was going to have to, namely sift all the youtube and download sites to get names of songs.
1.Now I'm Everyone (Played at King Tuts '05)
2.Get Fucked Stud (Played at King Tuts '05)
3.Who's Got A Match (Played at King Tuts '05)
4.I'm Behind You
5.Scared of Lots of Anything/Living is Easy/Puzzled Communication/Living is a Problem Because everything Dies
6.To the west/A Sexual Meat Kitchen (Played at King Tuts, Belladrum, V festival.)
7.Love Has A Diameter (Played at Liquid Rooms '05)
8.The Conversation Is...
9.The Ghouls Of Bybombidor - Buddy Holly? (Ghouls is still there in a different form.Parts of the song are on Buddy Holly) And now it may have been changed to 9/15s (Ghouls of Bybombidor played at Tut's 05, Buddy Holly released on Kerrang compilation CD)
10.Drop It Dickhead (Released on Myspace)
11.As Dust Dances (Played on Radio 1 Session in Scotland, July 18th 2005
12.Help Me Become Captain (used to be Angels fall)
13.Semi Mental (Played at King Tuts '05)
14. A Whole Child Ago
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November 03, 2006
Album tidbits
As winter draws in the Biffy boys are nearing completion of their much anticipated 4th album.
As well as giving us a place to nosy at the goings on in Vancouver in the form of http://www.ilovebc.net, a message from Si has appeared on their myspace page.
"Moving To New York...
'hey there killers and lovers,
we are finishing off recording and are moving to new york to mix the album with motherfucking andy fucking wallace. our little minds are running around in circles with excitement at the prospect. it sounds fucking huge. me think you like.
very bravo. el si.' "
Andy Wallace, if you didn't know, is a legendary figure in music having worked with the likes of Rush, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Slayer to name but a few. His most recent project was actually mixing the mythical Chinese Democracy album. How about that?
Stay tuned for more news as we get it!
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November 02, 2006
Kerrang Interview
Biffy Clyro front man Simon Neil has revealed to Kerrang! That their forthcoming major label debut marks an exciting, fresh new chapter in their career.
Neil and his band mates – brothers James (bass) and Ben (Drums) Johnston – have spent the last two months in Canada, working on their follow up to 2004’s ‘Infinity Land’ with producer Garth Richardson (RATM, RHCP). Titled ‘Puzzle’, the new album sees Biffy Clyro putting personal difficulties of the last couple of years behind them and moving forward.
“We’ve had a rough few years,” confesses Neil. “After our last album, we went straight on tour and a lot of stuff happened in our personal lives. We didn’t really have time to assess it all because we were away all the time. It’s only recently we were able to deal with it.”
The band have split their time between two studios during the making of ‘Puzzle’, which isn’t due for release until next spring. Many of the tracks were recorded at Bryan Adams’ Warehouse Studios in Vancouver, which played host to Slayer when they recorded their 2001 album ‘God Hates us All’, and where AC/DC made their last album ‘Stiff Upper Lip’, in 2000. Most recently though, they’ve set up camp at Richardson’s secluded Farm Studios, 40 miles from Vancouver. Kerrang! Caught up with the frontman to discuss the latest Chapter in the Ayrshire trio’s career…
WHAT’S IT LIKE RECORDING YOUR ALBUM IN VANCOUVER?
The people are really cool and it’s a great place. We stayed in the city for about three weeks and we’re now in the mountains, which is miles away from anywhere. It’s a completely different vibe. On the way to the studio in Vancouver, you could see the smackheads dancing around in the street as the kids are going to school!
ARE YOU ENJOYING WORKING WITH GARTH?
He’s great, he’s very Canadian and is a great laugh. He’s really on the money! There’s also another guy working with him called Mike Frazer, who’s worked with AC/DC. They’ve both done so many cool bands. Mike has just worked on the Satyricon album, and he says we’re slightly more upbeat than they were. We’re doing the album as old school as possible, getting all the takes on tape and choosing the best performances. It’s been quite liberating.
IS THAT A NEW WAY OF WORKING FOR YOU ALL?
In previous situations, we’d have everything planned down to the last detail because of time constraints in the studio. We’ve been given a lot more time in the studio this time so we’re taking our time. We could easily have recorded four albums in the time we’ve been here, but we just want to make sure we’re taking full advantages of this and thinking things through a lot more than we’ve done in the past. We’re working with songs we’ve had written for a while and new songs we’ve written here. We don’t know yet how the album will take shape because there’s lots to do and lots of different things we want to try. We’re really focused and enjoying the way it’s coming together. It’s a really exciting time right now and we’ve got so many ideas we can go with.
WHAT HAS INFLUENCED THE LYRICS ON PUZZLE?
Because of what’s happened in our personal lives, the lyrics weren’t so much influenced by stuff I’d or seen, but it’s been more a case of pouring my heart out. I’ve tried hiding that stuff behind metaphors and phrases in the past, but now it’s personal and (xx). It’s a bit uncomfortable. I’m on the verge of changing certain things because they might be too intense for my relations and people I know.
HAVE YOU GOT A FAVOURITE SONG?
There’s a couple I’m really enjoying at the minute, they’re really rocking and simple. One song is drums and bass, with a tiny bit of guitar called ‘Love Has a Diameter’. We’ve reworked that and changed the rhythm and it feels amazing when we play it. There’s another called ‘Living is a Problem Because everything Dies’ and it’s one of the most complex songs.
“PUZZLE” WILL BE YOUR MAJOR LABEL DEBUT. HOW HAS THAT CHANGED THINGS FOR BIFFY CLYRO SO FAR?
We had a great time at Beggars and now we’re with Warners. It’s been really liberating. Any idea we’ve wanted to try, they’ve been able to help. We’re getting an orchestra in for ‘Living is a problem…’ and will use it on the song ‘9/15s’. We got a guy in to play sax and we were able to pay him! We’ve hired in an accordion and violins, and it’s exciting to be able to use different instruments instead of relying on just what we had in the studio at the time.
HOW WOULD YOU DECRIBE “PUZZLE”?
I would say less sarcastic, more triumphant! Some of the songs are going to be quite over the top and theatrical. As our albums do, we touch on all bases,. We have straight up pop songs, heavy songs. We’ve just honed what we do . I think we’re getting better at it as well. We’re making the weird stuff work, rather than weird for the sake of it. We’re really excited. We’re sitting in Vancouver making an album so why the fuck wouldn’t we be!? It’s unbelievable.
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