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Post by lockebox on Jul 24, 2009 17:44:54 GMT -5
Lead single from British emo/punk band Biffy Clyro's new album. No details of if or when this will go for adds, but their last lead single "Living is a Problem" I found to be above the average pop-punk track and came pretty close to the top 40 I seem to remember. A natural progression would therefore be to chart considerably higher. Could be a bit of a dark horse for a big hit.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 24, 2009 17:45:49 GMT -5
Whatever happened to Mountains?
I've been listening to these guys a lot lately actually. Haha.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 24, 2009 18:35:59 GMT -5
I like Living is a Problem...more than I did Mountains, but I remember being addicted to it at one point...I just thought they'd follow it up soon after with a new album, but it's been a while now hasn't it?
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Post by lockebox on Jul 24, 2009 18:55:32 GMT -5
Indeed. Is almost a year now since "Mountains" was released. Was a pretty odd move just to release that as a standalone single infact.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 24, 2009 19:32:25 GMT -5
Indeed. Is almost a year now since "Mountains" was released. Was a pretty odd move just to release that as a standalone single infact. That's why I wondered what had happened. Maybe they bailed on it. Anywho, I'm looking forward to new material from them. |
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Post by elknetld2kil on Jul 24, 2009 19:56:43 GMT -5
Lead single from British emo/punk band Biffy Clyro's new album. No details of if or when this will go for adds, but their last lead single "Living is a Problem" I found to be above the average pop-punk track and came pretty close to the top 40 I seem to remember. A natural progression would therefore be to chart considerably higher. Could be a bit of a dark horse for a big hit. Emo/Punk? I don't think they really fit in to any of these 2 genres. I'd say more like Alternative/Indie. I really like these guys, in the past 5 years they really established themselves in the European market, with something not much bands have - a sound of their own. |
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Jul 24, 2009 20:05:28 GMT -5
i agree elk, the last album (which I loved) reverberated a lot more of Foo Fighters than anything else. I'm looking forward to hearing the new album. "Who's Got a Match" was one of my favorite songs in 07
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Post by pen on Jul 25, 2009 0:41:22 GMT -5
The closest band Biffy compares to is the Foo Fighters. I don't really see how anyone could consider this band emo or pop-punk since it sounds nothing like those genres and also has none of those genres' conventions. They're easily hard alternative rock in the vein of the Foo.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Jul 25, 2009 1:13:50 GMT -5
Plus I don't know that you would last very long in Scotland being emo...you'd be punched in your mouth early and often
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Post by lockebox on Jul 25, 2009 7:33:36 GMT -5
Well, the critics consider them to be pop-punk/emo whilst also using elements of hard rock, hardcore punk, post-hardcore, grunge, neo-prog and indie rock. It is quite difficult to pigeonhole this band in to one particular category of style or genre. They're probably best off considered alternative rock/punk revival to be honest. Anyway, whatever they are, they're a awesome band.
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Post by pen on Jul 25, 2009 10:40:17 GMT -5
Critics are stupid as fuck. Seriously.
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Post by elknetld2kil on Jul 25, 2009 11:32:37 GMT -5
I always say that people that couldn't get big in music/films become critics, so they could take all they're frustrations on the business (while following a thing i call "critics code", which means that they will always give positive reviews for Indie bands/movies, and bad reviews for big budget films or major radio albums).
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Post by lockebox on Aug 8, 2009 17:34:40 GMT -5
Music video has been released. Best they've heard IMO 
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Aug 8, 2009 20:37:52 GMT -5
sounds really good, I'm now curious to see if they will find any real North American success because there is no reason that this shouldn't chart well. I love the strings as well.
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Post by Ron57 on Sept 11, 2009 21:22:12 GMT -5
Just thought i'd point it out. Mountains has been announced to be featured on the album as well.
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Post by Ron57 on Sept 14, 2009 20:34:04 GMT -5
Also, I finally heard this song. I like it actually, it's different. Though lately I've been really into "Machines" from the album Puzzle.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Sept 14, 2009 21:01:07 GMT -5
Really? I thought Machines was super weak but I didn't give it much of a chance because after one or two listens I couldn't do it anymore. I wore out "Who's Got A Match?" though and most of the rest of the album.
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Post by Ron57 on Sept 14, 2009 21:30:58 GMT -5
Really? I thought Machines was super weak but I didn't give it much of a chance because after one or two listens I couldn't do it anymore. I wore out "Who's Got A Match?" though and most of the rest of the album. I REALLY like it. Like. I'm a sucker for rock bands who make acoustic songs and this one is just amazing to me. It also always makes me like a song more when I learn to play it on guitar xD |
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Post by lockebox on Jan 13, 2010 20:58:31 GMT -5
FMQB now has "Mountains" down as going for adds on February 9th.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Jan 13, 2010 21:09:13 GMT -5
Interesting to see them push this as a single in N.A. now, I'm guessing they'll see how this goes and then look at That Golden Rule as a possible second US. I love the song, along with the rest of the album (Many of Horror, Bubbles and Born on a Horse, are also stand-outs). The album is grossly overlooked in the states but I'm not in any way shocked by that.
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Post by pen on Jan 13, 2010 23:50:40 GMT -5
I think "Many Of Horror" is the single that would do the best here, but I hope I'm wrong.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Jan 14, 2010 1:10:39 GMT -5
I think "Many Of Horror" is the single that would do the best here, but I hope I'm wrong. I agree, at this point though, I'll take anything. |
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Post by Amnesiac on Jan 14, 2010 14:55:56 GMT -5
I remember that "Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies" came very close to the top 40 back in 2007. As such, I thought that the similar sounding "That Golden Rule" would do pretty well here but seems that it didn't.
"Mountains" is a pretty interesting choice to re-introduce these guys in America. It was quite a smash over in the UK.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Jan 14, 2010 17:03:59 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure "That Golden Rule" never went for adds in the US (someone else confirm??) but I thought that's why it never charted
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Post by pen on Jan 14, 2010 17:18:07 GMT -5
Yeah, this is Biffy's first US single for this album.
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