Biffy Clyro
The Vertigo Of Bliss

THE REVIEW

Do you feel exhausted? Diarrhea due to too much Mtv Brand: new? Would you burn the entire British Empire just not to hear a new song by the Kaiser Chiefs? Do you think the Arctic Monkeys are just four idiots in need of a good kick in the butt and a bit of Topexan? You grew up with the sound of flannel shirts and now you don't feel like switching to skinny jeans and pointy shoes? Well, don't despair. The Queen's empire has produced something good... too bad that from such a manure fertilization the only flower has sprouted in Scotland.

Biffy Clyro started by copying Nirvana, then they learned to play and wanted to imitate Sunny Day Real Estate. That's it... they started, like all honest people, wanting to imitate their favorite band and then trying to become their favorite band.

A song has so many microcosms that it seems to be a concentrated album. Some find it tiring, but not everyone. There are riffs, time changes, odd times, ballads, bearded women, songs to sing when you're drunk, fire eaters, songs to sing in the shower, tiger tamers, and a single that makes the heart go BOOM BOOM ("Questions and Answers"). Then: a good record even when you're in a good mood.

In 2007 they broke through. In London, they even play them inside McDonalds... I don't know if that's a good thing, but at least the line feels shorter. These guys pump, they play hard, record in a day (this record, released in 2003, was recorded in one day and you can tell) and sweat liters of sweat... OK: end of commercial break.

Let's do this, buy the album, spend those ten euros on the album while I spend the money on Topexan... after all, we save a lot on Guttalax.