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Biffy Clyro: Opposites

cowcow [Edit] [Delete] 59 replies 20:41, 27 January '13

Hah! Knew it wouldn't be very good.

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  • however,

    it will sell so much that the boys will literally be bleeding gold.

    cocodaLOL | 27 Jan '13, 20:42 | X
  • got about 5 songs in before i gave up

    so much for the first disc being 'dark'

    ethricdouble | 27 Jan '13, 20:45 | X
    • i mean,

      they lost it at puzzle. I don't know why i keep hoping for better. It's like Weezer.

      cocodaLOL @ethricdouble | 27 Jan '13, 21:01 | X
      saps this'd this
      • i know

        but even puzzle had a good track or two
        a man can hope

        ethricdouble @cocodaLOL | 27 Jan '13, 21:07 | X
        • dont get burned again bro

          cocodaLOL @ethricdouble | 27 Jan '13, 21:14 | X
  • As with EVERY album from Puzzle onwards

    they're talking in the press about how, after this one, they're gonna get right back to doing weird, interesting stuff.

    You've lost it, boys, be honest with yourselves.

    amputee-porn | 27 Jan '13, 22:29 | X
    saps this'd this
    • they are basically The Och Aye The Noo Fighters

      cocodaLOL @amputee-porn | 27 Jan '13, 22:31 | X
      chickenbones, Icarus-Smicarus, JaguarPirate, saps, soapy, oenso, pichaelmarker, waterwings, JimmyHuntspill, and p_a_u_l this'd this
    • i actually read an interview with em

      where they trashed infinity land because it 'didn't have any proper songs' on it
      fucking best thing they did by miles

      ethricdouble @amputee-porn | 27 Jan '13, 22:55 | X
      LastAstronaut this'd this
      • god, when i saw them touring that

        opened with glitter and trauma....
        they used to be so good :(

        chickenbones @ethricdouble | 27 Jan '13, 23:12 | X
        saps, Noblet, and hanshotfirst this'd this
        • i know, man

          i know

          ethricdouble @chickenbones | 27 Jan '13, 23:36 | X
      • vertigo of bliss*

        infinity land is a bit inconsistent

        Severed799 @ethricdouble | 30 Jan '13, 12:24 | X
  • I really liked Puzzle.

    The fact that even in a 20+ song set they scarcely drop any pre Puzzle stuff is disappointing.

    niallKP | 28 Jan '13, 00:07 | X
    andyvine this'd this
    • to be fair

      they played jaggy snake at wembley, but it got cut from the DVD
      grr

      ethricdouble @niallKP | 28 Jan '13, 12:06 | X
    • They normally play about 4-5 pre puzzle songs in a 20 song set

      They played two songs from Vertigo I think at Download this year.

      aactv @niallKP | 28 Jan '13, 17:58 | X
  • Look at this picture

    http://iheartau.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Biffy-Clyro-Opposites1.jpg

    Icarus-Smicarus | 28 Jan '13, 00:17 | X
    • That's.....

      1986_and_all_that @Icarus-Smicarus | 28 Jan '13, 00:55 | X
    • Look like Kings of pissing Leon

      andystevio @Icarus-Smicarus | 28 Jan '13, 07:53 | X
  • Am I the only one who likes this?

    A bit too long, but there are some great songs on there. Even if the production is a tad annoying.

    aactv | 28 Jan '13, 11:42 | X
    • i got excited

      when they were saying how difficult it was, and that the first disc was darker and weirder. to then put it on find the first track was probably the cheesiest thing they've done...

      ethricdouble @aactv | 28 Jan '13, 11:48 | X
    • I'm actually enjoying it as well

      A little too long but there are some good tunes in there. Lyrically it's a lot better than Only Revolutions - no God and Satan clangers on there.

      They obviously aren't going to get close to anything off the first three albums, but I came to terms with that a long time ago.

      Decent pop-rock album that I can enjoy in parts.

      Looking forward to seeing them at the o2. They've come a long way since Exeter Cavern. Headlining Reading+Leeds this year as well if efestivals is to be believed.

      dacbo @aactv | 28 Jan '13, 11:51 | X
      • Well they're a different band now.

        There are still traces of their older weirdness in the newer stuff (some of the time signatures and riffs from the new one, the breakdown in That Golden Rule), but they're now incorporated into something much bigger and more polished. It all kind of depends if you like big guitars attatched to epic sounding power-pop these days, and I very much do.

        aactv @dacbo | 28 Jan '13, 13:44 | X
  • I've sorta come to the realisation that maybe they were never actually very good

    guntrip | 28 Jan '13, 11:45 | X
    justanothersheeldz and _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
    • Liberate The Illiterate / A Mong Amongst Mingers

      dacbo @guntrip | 28 Jan '13, 11:48 | X
      oh_gerardus_MERCATOR, Oissin_, and hanshotfirst this'd this
    • certainly his lyrics have always been full daft.

      cocodaLOL @guntrip | 28 Jan '13, 12:14 | X
      • I still feel the pain in my HEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

        soapy @cocodaLOL | 28 Jan '13, 13:31 | X
        • actually that was good

          actually the first record had great lyrics

          TONIGHT
          WHEN WE RIDE
          IT IS SUCH A RELIEF TO GET OUTSIDE

          cocodaLOL @soapy | 28 Jan '13, 13:43 | X
          dacbo this'd this
          • strong rhymes

            soapy @cocodaLOL | 28 Jan '13, 13:45 | X
          • love solution devices

            underrated tune.

            dacbo @cocodaLOL | 28 Jan '13, 14:35 | X
            aactv this'd this
    • I've thought for awhile that

      people who complain about them betraying their weird roots have got it wrong - the newer stuff has more in common with Blackened Sky than the second and third albums do

      if anything those two albums are anomalies and the last three(?) albums have been a return to the true Biffy sound

      soapy @guntrip | 28 Jan '13, 13:30 | X
      aactv this'd this
      • Yeah, perhaps with different production

        Stuff like J.D.I and 57 would easily fit on here

        aactv @soapy | 28 Jan '13, 14:02 | X
        soapy and JaguarPirate this'd this
        • add some swoops from a sampled string section

          soften the guitar tone a little

          soapy @aactv | 28 Jan '13, 14:48 | X
      • not their 'roots'

        most of blackened sky is pretty awful and i wrote them off atthe time because of it, but they got better after that, and then stopped

        ethricdouble @soapy | 28 Jan '13, 16:12 | X
    • Vertigo Of Bliss and Infinity Land say you are spectacularly wrong

      badmanreturns @guntrip | 28 Jan '13, 13:48 | X
      suedehead, chickenbones, and Oissin_ this'd this
      • I don't know

        I've not listened to either in a long time, and while I really liked Vertigo I always found Infinity Land really dull. and now I think Vertigo isn't nearly as clever as it thinks it is, as well as having terrrrrible lyrics/song.

        guntrip @badmanreturns | 28 Jan '13, 14:50 | X
        • every once and awhile I'll stick a song from one of those albums on for old times sake

          but i often don't listen to it through to the end because its never quite as i remember

          soapy @guntrip | 28 Jan '13, 15:02 | X
  • TVoB > BS > Infinity Land > Opposites > Puzzle

    dacbo | 28 Jan '13, 14:37 | X
    • cocked that up

      should have read:
      TVoB > BS > Infinity Land > Puzzle > Opposites > Revolutions

      dacbo @dacbo | 28 Jan '13, 14:37 | X
      JaguarPirate this'd this
      • Nah

        Infinity Land > Blackened Sky

        waterwings @dacbo | 28 Jan '13, 15:14 | X
        badmanreturns, chickenbones, Damian, and Oissin_ this'd this
      • VoB > IL > BS > meh

        bokonon @dacbo | 28 Jan '13, 21:50 | X
  • never heard a note of them

    chris-budget | 28 Jan '13, 16:32 | X
    • cool.

      unfamiliar @chris-budget | 28 Jan '13, 16:42 | X
  • well they haven't made a good album yet so it wasn't hard to predict

    cat_race | 28 Jan '13, 16:36 | X
    • http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4424202#r7295566

      ethricdouble @cat_race | 28 Jan '13, 16:40 | X
      • yeah, i suppose they're fine

        apart from the songs on them

        cat_race @ethricdouble | 28 Jan '13, 16:50 | X
    • shut yr dirty mouth

      chickenbones @cat_race | 28 Jan '13, 19:59 | X
  • ARE....

    ..........they not just for children?

    ehwhat | 28 Jan '13, 16:37 | X
  • God this record is terrible.

    I am struggling to come to terms with how awful 70% of it is. Then there's a two or three good tunes and a few average ones but most of it gets more and more horrible the more one listens to it. "Biblical" and "Pocket" in particular...urgh.

    Also why does Simon say "baby" every other word nowadays? Is he trying to be the Scottish Enrique Iglesias?

    If anyone's interested in more of my ranting I wrote about it here (http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/177055/9).

    benfyffemusic | 28 Jan '13, 17:55 | X
  • its got a few good ones,

    Pocket is just horrific, sounds like a one direction song?

    cc981 | 28 Jan '13, 18:05 | X
    • I really like Pocket.

      aactv @cc981 | 28 Jan '13, 18:09 | X
  • 'The Joke's On Us' could happily sit on Infinity Land.

    Amazing song.

    Anything else worth saying has already been said up-thread.

    themighty | 28 Jan '13, 18:21 | X
  • what's the deal with it being available as a double album

    and a 14 track single album? I thought the whole hype was that it was a double album? surely if they were happy with the double album they should have stuck with it...i know label pressure etc will be behind it but hate it when there's a choice over how to buy the album. I want to hear what the artist meant for us to hear!

    cameron12 | 28 Jan '13, 20:59 | X
    • yeah, especially as the order is totally different

      dacbo @cameron12 | 28 Jan '13, 21:07 | X
    • I didn't realise they were doing that until you said

      I thought the only two editions were the double album, with or without the DVD.

      Damian @cameron12 | 29 Jan '13, 20:14 | X
      • Incidentally

        I've nearly finished the first disc. So far not all that impressed, and I say that as someone who really liked Puzzle and Only Revolutions as well as the earlier stuff.

        Doubt they'll ever top Infinity Land though.

        Damian @Damian | 29 Jan '13, 20:17 | X
        • I say this

          I've just got to The Fog and I really liked that. And they've left it off the single album. Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh.

          Damian @Damian | 29 Jan '13, 20:21 | X
  • Stop singing in octaves!

    Fucking Sharleen Spiteri!

    bokonon | 28 Jan '13, 21:52 | X
    • :D

      ethricdouble @bokonon | 28 Jan '13, 22:29 | X
      pip_ and hanshotfirst this'd this
  • Have had two proper listens to this now

    I think long-term Biffy fans are going to have to accept that what they have become now is a really good pop/rock band, and they're not going to get old Biffy back. Apart from a couple of the ballads, I rather like it.

    Damian | 30 Jan '13, 12:00 | X
    Noblet this'd this
  • Intro of Glitter of Trauma = Good

    Everything else = couldn't give a shit.

    Gashwrecker | 30 Jan '13, 12:17 | X
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