Biffy Clyro - 'The Captain'
Look, let's be honest, there's no point you getting settled down to read all about the new single from Biffy Clyro when there's something far better on the internet, ready and waiting for you. I'd hate to waste your time wittering on about verses and choruses when there's something as amazing as the amazing thing I'm about to reveal just sitting there and demanding that you go and experience it as soon as you can.
In fact, just stop reading this and go and watch the band playing a special set at Maida Vale for Zane Lowe. You'd best hurry though, cos it won't be up for much longer. It's OK, I'll wait. See you in a bit.
Hello! Welcome back.
You probably will find it quite hard to read this text at the moment, as your eyeballs and internal organs will have been near-liquidated by a phenomenon which is best described using the words of a certain oriental mystic - Kung Fu Panda - as "pure awesomeness", for which there is no charge.
It might be an idea to avoid some of the longer words for a while, give your vision a moment to settled down. And for the same reason, I'd lay off watching the video to 'The Captain', in case your already jellificated eardrums suddenly start dripping off your lobes and onto your shoulders.
In the meantime, here are some nice gentle healing words that you can read quietly, and maybe whisper to yourself in the dark once you have committed them to memory:
Spongy
Murmur
Tortoise
Yellow
Mumbled
Flannel
Banana
Snuffle
Corky
There, a few days of that and you'll be right as rain.
Don't you worry about 'The Captain' in the meantime, it'll keep. It's out a week on Monday, and it's very good. Kind of how a sea shanty would sound if its louder moments had been given a bunch of extra welly from the addition of a brass section, and a full orchestra, and a rock band with lots of enormous amplifiers.
In your current state, you couldn't take it. Don't even try.
(, for when you're feeling better, assuming you don't mind the sight of a man pretending to be whipped.
Also, isn't it funny how, when bands do a video set in the pre-electric era, they use old guitars? Old, semi-acoustic, and very much still-powered-by-electricity guitars, that is.
To the sea-faring men of the 1600s, a semi-acoustic guitar from the '50s and an iPhone are exactly the same brand of witchcraft.)
OK, off to sleep with you. I'll check back in an hour or so...
Download: Out now
CD Released: October 26th
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(Fraser McAlpine)
Comment number 1.
At 17th Oct 2009, spirit wrote:This fantastic song has quite a lot of symbolism to my personal life.
I could tell you a story that involves me , a Radio 1 DJ , Biffy Clyro , their manager Alex , 14TH Floor Records , Warner Brothers and a surreal meeting in my lounge in Bristol . ( I won't ,cos it's past now. )
Fact is sometimes stranger than fiction.
If I need to apologise , then this is a good place.
Love " Captain ".
The fantastic new album ONLY REVOLUTIONS is released NOVEMBER 9TH.
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Comment number 2.
At 26th Oct 2009, thranjax wrote:A Sea Shanty! Who would have thought it. Not as good as That Golden Rule but still walks the plank for me!
Spirit you narrowly escaped being in that video I feel, keelhauled and maybe even kissing the gunner's daughter!
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Comment number 3.
At 26th Oct 2009, spirit wrote:Ha ha , I think you know what happened !
One thing is for sure.... kissing the gunner's daughter would have been my final act .
All hail Thranjax !
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Comment number 4.
At 27th Oct 2009, MozFoz wrote:This is basically my definition of a grower. Hated it, now I love it. Can't wait for the album now, Maida Vale was jaw-dropping.
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Comment number 5.
At 29th Oct 2009, CurtainJerker wrote:This is a tune and no mistake.
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Comment number 6.
At 1st Nov 2009, harrythedog10 wrote:Love this song never really liked Biffy Clyro but this and That Golden Rule are amazing. Can't wait for the album.
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Comment number 7.
At 7th Nov 2009, harrythedog10 wrote:In case anyone's interested Biffy Clyro's new album 'Only Revolutions' is up on their Myspace, sounds good, one of my favourites of the year so far.
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Comment number 8.
At 14th Nov 2009, MozFoz wrote:I actually wasn't keen at first. BUT, all my favourite songs have one thing in common, I didn't like them at first. I'm a sucker for a grower, and this is amazing. Only Revolutions is also one of the best albums this year.
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