Biffy Clyro 2.0

After Biffy Clyro had moved with "puzzles" away from the progressive gadgets, bold characteristics and experiments towards the Catchy and flourishes Lossen 2007 was the contrast with the former predecessor "Infinity Land" extremely extreme and so got some fan on the wrong foot.
Let's make no mistake about it, already the harbinger of "Mountains" pointed us in the last year the direction that the Scots have now taken and so the sound of "Only revolution" is just as one could imagine him, the last few months.
With the albums before 2007 Biffy Clyro have little in common. The songs are mostly short, crisp and almost free of friction points, but of course once again full of great melodies, Mitgröhlrefrains and inspiring hooks.

About "The Captain" as an opener can certainly argue. Although almost have the instruments present here since 2005 Tradition, yet opened so weak, no album of the Scots.
"That Golden Rule" then rolled the first impression relentlessly flat and represents the hardest song de album.
The following "Bubbles" contains again all the qualities of the band and is the secret About song "Only Revolutions". Here plays with Josh Homme (ex-Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age), what you would not notice without prior information.
Incidentally, he has not produced the album, but like its predecessor Garth Richardson put on hand. Therefore, the album falls similarly smooth, but also sounds just as powerful.
The well-known ballads have Biffy Clyro well in the luggage (the rather weak "God And Satan", the radio-friendly, but sugar-sweet "Many Of Horror") as well as the desired Uptempostücke ("Booooom, Blast & Ruin", "Cloud Of Stink") , but unfortunately very quickly lose their impression.
If you vorlässt the weak "The Captain" and "Who's Got A Match" -Abklatsch "Born On A Horse" outside, one can not blame the guys actually. Even if they have become predictable, they have this time of technical development many things right and the song material affects total rounder and more homogeneous than in the previous "puzzle", albeit without this album, the latest would not sound the way it sounds.

With "Only Revolutions" Biffy Clyro show the logical development of their music. Although like a few pieces in the ears of many not be as anthemic stadium rock and entertaining Power Pop, but you have to attest to the trio that they do so at a high level and with MATCHING earworm potential.

But what leaves a bitter aftertaste: this band is too much bigger capable; but it was granted to them, now bring in the harvest of the first three albums.