I love Who's Got A Match.....its got that great 80s style bouncing bass line
I agree, Infinity land isn't them at their best. they say they tried to marry a pop element to their sound and I don't think it really worked.
I think there are a lot more similarities with the new stuff an dthe stuff on Blackened Sky, which was a very grunge influenced record. Semi-mental definitely comes from the same school
A democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos.
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London - 20/4/2006
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New York City - 24/6/2008
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Well, I finally got my hands on Puzzle and just coming to the end my second listen to it in it's entirity.
I'm not really sure what i think of it yet. At times it's brilliant, the first 3 songs are great but then it goes somewhere else that i never thought Biffy would go and that is into the realms of restraint. In fact it goes so far in this direction at times that there are moments I'd expect to find on a Busted record or summat.
I just keep waiting for them to let go in some of the songs, like come on, let it out, like they do on Vertigo and Blackened Sky but on Puzzle it rarely comes.
It's a good album but it's not the Biffy that I know and love.
A democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos.
Manchester - 4/6/2000
London - 20/4/2006
Dublin - 23/8/2006
London - 18/6/2007
New York City - 24/6/2008
New York City - 25/6/2008 - we will be "what is up" New York
Manchester - 18/8/2009
Biffy tour in November! I just booked my ticket for the Birmingham show...woohoo! Will be my first proper time of seeing them...shame i'll be going alone!
~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
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Biffy tour in November! I just booked my ticket for the Birmingham show...woohoo! Will be my first proper time of seeing them...shame i'll be going alone!
Glad you're finally going to get to see them dave!
I'm just doing the Cardiff show as most of the tour takes place when I'm in the states.
Did you get a ticket in the presale then? They were really late putting the tickets on....just like everything to do with that webiste, it was a bit of joke!
A democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos.
Manchester - 4/6/2000
London - 20/4/2006
Dublin - 23/8/2006
London - 18/6/2007
New York City - 24/6/2008
New York City - 25/6/2008 - we will be "what is up" New York
Manchester - 18/8/2009
Glad you're finally going to get to see them dave!
I'm just doing the Cardiff show as most of the tour takes place when I'm in the states.
Did you get a ticket in the presale then? They were really late putting the tickets on....just like everything to do with that webiste, it was a bit of joke!
Yeah I did. Bit annoyed as I had to se ticketmaster, which I never use. Fees are ridiculous...and they will only deliver to the billing address. I DON'T LIVE AT MY BILLING ADDRESS! And by the time of delivery...we'll probably have moved anyway! Stupid ticketmaster.
Rant over. Oh and I just bought Puzzle...paid an extra 3 quid for a "bonus track" and some random dvd I won't watch.
~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
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I see where you are coming from and I understand. It's their first major label album, and they are getting real exposure, and i'm still not sure how I feel about that. But I have to say, I like Puzzle a lot more than Infinity Land, though the latter does have some quality tracks.
I'm a very loyal music fan. If I grow to love a band, it will take a lot to put me off them. If this was the first Biffy album I heard, I would not like them as much as I do now, but being as i'm already hooked...I like it.
~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
I see where you are coming from and I understand. It's their first major label album, and they are getting real exposure, and i'm still not sure how I feel about that. But I have to say, I like Puzzle a lot more than Infinity Land, though the latter does have some quality tracks.
I'm a very loyal music fan. If I grow to love a band, it will take a lot to put me off them. If this was the first Biffy album I heard, I would not like them as much as I do now, but being as i'm already hooked...I like it.
nah i agree, i do like the album, its not going to make me turn my back on them. it has some cracking tracks but also some fluff
nah i agree, i do like the album, its not going to make me turn my back on them. it has some cracking tracks but also some fluff
infinity land rules!:)
I haven't given it enough of a chance I don't think. I'm sure i'll sit down and listen to it one day and be like...WOW...how have I been looking this over for so long (like PJ and Binaural).
I absolutely ADORE Glitter And Trauma though.
~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~
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I haven't given it enough of a chance I don't think. I'm sure i'll sit down and listen to it one day and be like...WOW...how have I been looking this over for so long (like PJ and Binaural).
I absolutely ADORE Glitter And Trauma though.
its genius
the intro should be so much longer though, when those drums kick in- AWESOME!
It has some amazing moments.....Kids FRom Kibble and Jaggy Snake are two of the best things Biffy have ever done. But at times it really doesn't work and loses its way really badly.....songs like Got Wrong, The Atrocity and the awfulness that is Wave Upon Wave should have been left off the record.
The new album has grown on me already but like Duggro said, its very reminiscent of The Colour & Shape in its style.
A democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos.
Manchester - 4/6/2000
London - 20/4/2006
Dublin - 23/8/2006
London - 18/6/2007
New York City - 24/6/2008
New York City - 25/6/2008 - we will be "what is up" New York
Manchester - 18/8/2009
Wow - this thread has been dormant way too long....
Thoughts on the new album?? After quite a few listens, I love it!!! There were a few songs that didn't grab me at first but they've definitely won me over
MTB!!!
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it just sounds more commercially orientated music. and im not meaning that in the usual way that people use that phrase, it isn't a criticism
e.g. who's got a match isn't really typical biffy, its a lot lighter and more commerically viable. still an awesome tune!
I agree, Infinity land isn't them at their best. they say they tried to marry a pop element to their sound and I don't think it really worked.
I think there are a lot more similarities with the new stuff an dthe stuff on Blackened Sky, which was a very grunge influenced record. Semi-mental definitely comes from the same school
Manchester - 4/6/2000
London - 20/4/2006
Dublin - 23/8/2006
London - 18/6/2007
New York City - 24/6/2008
New York City - 25/6/2008 - we will be "what is up" New York
Manchester - 18/8/2009
London - 18/6/2018
The "old" Biffy are definitely still there though. Just listen to Living Is A Problem, The Conversation Is, Sem-Mental and Get Fucked Stud.
I'm really liking Puzzle though. It's no Vertigo Of Bliss...but not many things are!
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
I'm not really sure what i think of it yet. At times it's brilliant, the first 3 songs are great but then it goes somewhere else that i never thought Biffy would go and that is into the realms of restraint. In fact it goes so far in this direction at times that there are moments I'd expect to find on a Busted record or summat.
I just keep waiting for them to let go in some of the songs, like come on, let it out, like they do on Vertigo and Blackened Sky but on Puzzle it rarely comes.
It's a good album but it's not the Biffy that I know and love.
Manchester - 4/6/2000
London - 20/4/2006
Dublin - 23/8/2006
London - 18/6/2007
New York City - 24/6/2008
New York City - 25/6/2008 - we will be "what is up" New York
Manchester - 18/8/2009
London - 18/6/2018
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
Glad you're finally going to get to see them dave!
I'm just doing the Cardiff show as most of the tour takes place when I'm in the states.
Did you get a ticket in the presale then? They were really late putting the tickets on....just like everything to do with that webiste, it was a bit of joke!
Manchester - 4/6/2000
London - 20/4/2006
Dublin - 23/8/2006
London - 18/6/2007
New York City - 24/6/2008
New York City - 25/6/2008 - we will be "what is up" New York
Manchester - 18/8/2009
London - 18/6/2018
Rant over.
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
Them's fighting words!!
I think its a great album, Saturday Superhouse and Who's got a Match are gold.
dearie me
ps i know what its about and how emotional it is, but i just cant like it as a biffy track
I quite like it.
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
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i dont have a problem with the foos, thats not what im getting at, i just think its so removed from being biffy
I'm a very loyal music fan. If I grow to love a band, it will take a lot to put me off them. If this was the first Biffy album I heard, I would not like them as much as I do now, but being as i'm already hooked...I like it.
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
infinity land rules!:)
I absolutely ADORE Glitter And Trauma though.
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
the intro should be so much longer though, when those drums kick in- AWESOME!
It has some amazing moments.....Kids FRom Kibble and Jaggy Snake are two of the best things Biffy have ever done. But at times it really doesn't work and loses its way really badly.....songs like Got Wrong, The Atrocity and the awfulness that is Wave Upon Wave should have been left off the record.
The new album has grown on me already but like Duggro said, its very reminiscent of The Colour & Shape in its style.
Manchester - 4/6/2000
London - 20/4/2006
Dublin - 23/8/2006
London - 18/6/2007
New York City - 24/6/2008
New York City - 25/6/2008 - we will be "what is up" New York
Manchester - 18/8/2009
London - 18/6/2018
Thoughts on the new album??
After quite a few listens, I love it!!!
There were a few songs that didn't grab me at first but they've definitely won me over
MTB!!!
'03: Brisbane BEC Feb 8 '06: Brisbane BEC Nov 10 & 11 '09: Brisbane QSAC Nov 25
'11: EV Solo Brisbane QPAC March 10, 12 & 13 '11: PJ20 Alpine Valley Sep 3 & 4
'14: Gold Coast BDO Jan 19 EV Solo QPAC Feb 22, 23 & 25