As Scotland's biggest rock export hit our showers, our roving rock expert Peter Johnston takes a look. Do you remember how you felt the first time you heard Glitter and Trauma? Some say that since then its all went a bit Radio One for Biffy Clyro. Regardless of the criticism being bounded around at the minute about the new album, Only Revolutions, you’d have to really try to find something negative to say about their live show. As venues go, their graft has unashamedly earned them the right to sell to bigger and better crowds, like that of St George’s Market. Opening with That Golden Rule, a nod towards the ‘older’, heavier tunes from the likes of Infinity Land, there’s a energy about the place and its obvious that both the Belfast crowd and tiny Scotsmen have left it much too long for a reunion. Admittedly, the average age of the audiences over the years has dropped in unison with the size of Simon Neil’s beard as the band strive for more mainstream success brought by Puzzle. While newer material such as The Captain and, of course, Mountains deviate a fair amount from the tricky timing and unorthodox style Biffy were known for, watching the songs live there is surprisingly little difference. Only the older and most ardent fans give a bit of a disagreeable murmur during the more, well, pop songs like Bubbles and Born on a Horse. Bridging the gap between the bearded and the beardless lie songs such as the rocking Semi-Mental, Saturday Superhouse and the excellent Love Has a Diameter which is accompanied by an intriguing bobbing dance by the front man. Older fans were maybe hoping that Puzzle was an exception and that Only Revolutions would be of the same elk as Blackened Sky and Infinity Land. Maybe we should accept that those days are long past and that there isn’t going to be another Vertigo of Bliss. Being the case, catch Biffy live next time. It’s almost impossible to come away disappointed.
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