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••• A Celebration of Endings •••

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Warning: This album will seriously make you miss festivals and concerts on a next level.

‘A Celebration of Endings’ is the ninth studio album from Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro and the L.P is produced by Rich Costey.

The title is a perfect introduction to what to expect from this album, Let’s celebrate the endings and welcome change. The album instantly gives a rebirth feel and a finger up to changes saying “You know what, things are going to be ok no matter what darkness comes over us.” Which is surreal as the album was written in early 2020 but has that forward scope into the world we are now living in and this is so, so relevant.

Simon Neil told NME;

“The thought behind this whole album is that change is not a bad thing.“

Opening with ‘North Of No South‘, Biffy come barging in with dark punchy lyrics such as “There’s nothing below, up above us is only darkness” and the hard rock riffs that will immediately set the souls of Biffy fans on fire again.

‘The Champ‘ gives you an instrumental entrance to a song that screams “Don’t let any fucker drag you down, or dampen your spirit, ‘we are the source’“, this is most definitely up there with the band’s live performance mantra.

Personal and political opinions are heartfelt throughout the album’s lyrics, “We’re fighting an ugly war, it’s no good to freak out” on ‘Weird Leisure‘ gives you inspiration to accept there are bad times but we all have the ability to get out of these dark places.

‘Tiny Indoor Fireworks‘ provides that festival chant, which will be capitalized on the arena level performances that are greatly missed and what Biffy excel in. This is also whilst still providing a deeper message of accepting the bad times as well as the good times “Cry at joke, and laugh at the rage and pray for better days.“

‘Worst Case Possible‘ starts to slow the pace down ready for the next track ‘Space‘ which provides you with that breather in the album, slowing the tempo right down and then providing you with the gentle and delicate sounds that Biffy Clyro can provide. ‘End Of‘ instantly awakens you with its guitar riffs and Simon’s passion seeing him scream the lyrics “I tell you right now, I would have fucking died for you“, This will cause many lost voices at all the live performances following this album. The break mid-performance has an eruption of pent up energy written all over it.

‘Instant History‘ has dub fleck that I think adds to the whole album, shifting from one sound to another keeps the listener engaged.

‘Pink Limit‘ provides us with an insight into the band’s coiled up energy in stating “If you want peacetime, prepare for war“, this is set to the backing of the energetic drums provided by Ben Johnston.

‘Opaque‘ gives another heartfelt insight into the sensitive personal issues of the band which could be loosely related to somebody choosing money over the band?

Having suffered personal issues during the writing of their last two albums,  ‘Ellipsis’ in 2016 saw the band members battle the loss of loved ones and Ben Johnston’s alcoholism became an issue during ‘Opposites’. ‘A Celebration of Endings’ definitely reveals a period of evaluation and growth with an optimistic look to the future. I mean, what shouts personal optimism better than ending an album with “Fuck everybody, woo!” on the closing track ‘Cop Syrup‘.

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