Biffy Clyro - The Modern Leper

  

1. Who are they?

Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band from Kilmarnock, Scotland, formed in 1995. They are popular (their eighth album A Celebration Of Endings (2020) debuted at number one in the UK album charts and sold over a million copies) and have a hard rock edge. The Modern Leper (June, 2019) is a Frightened Rabbit cover and came from an album of Frightened Rabbit covers Tiny Changes: A Celebration Of The Midnight Organ Fight (July, 2019).

2. What have they got?

It works the fuck out of the good old Pixies quiet loud dynamic. Soulful, heavy and moving.

3. Who do Biffy Clyro sound like?

Biffy Clyro are similar to Twin Atlantic, Feeder, Nothing But Thieves and of course Mastersystem.

4. Which bands have influenced Biffy Clyro?

Some of Biffy Clyro’s influences are Metallica, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, and Pixies.

5. What have the press said?

“A deafening, arena-ready treatment”- Billboard.

“A dense, angst-ridden rework”- Juno Records.

“A celebration of a record”- Paste Magazine.

"And vital parts fall from his system,

And dissolve in the Scottish rain,

But vitally he doesn't miss them,

He's too fucked up to care"

Frightened Rabbit - Get Out

 

 

1. Who are these great men?

Frightened Rabbit are an indie rock band from Selkirk, Scotland. Started in 2003 Get Out(March’16) is the second single from their fifth album Painting Of A Panic Attack (June’16).


2. What flavor of marvel is Get Out?

Get Outtakes time to land but when it does it explodes into life. Evocative and emotive indie rock at it’s best.


3. Who do Frightened Rabbit sound like?

We Were Promised Jetpacks.

Consensus on Drowned In Sound says Frightened Rabbit sound like The Twilight Sad.


4. What are the peons of the press saying about Get Out?

“They now unleash the bittersweet but triumphant wall of sound to stratosopheric heights” – Gigwise.

“An upbeat number, explosive chorus” – Consequence Of Sound.

“Epic, atmospheric rock with big hooks” – Brooklyn Vegan.

 

5. Who put the frisson in Frightened Rabbit's music?

Frightened Rabbit are influenced by The Band, Wilco, Ryan Adams, Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai and The Delgados.

 

6. Why should I give Get Out a lash?

Get Out is evocative of both the agony and the ecstasy of addiction and the dramatic grandeur of the Scottish landscape.

 

7. Do Frightened Rabbit have any more morsels of greatness?

The Woodpile is Frightened Rabbit's best song, an indie anthem and a peach.

 

8. Any more words?

Painting Of A Panic Attack was produced by Aaron Dessner of The National.

In 2013 Frightened Rabbit singer and songwriter Scott Hutchinson said he hated Mumford and Sons and their album Babel (2012) was “shovelling the same old shit”.

 

 

“Chased it and for a moment I was floating dead”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dessert is served by terrific Australian garage rock band Animal House. Hailing from Brisbane these rock gods have a triumvirate of smash singles to their name and English Girls  (Oct'15) is the latest. English Girls is not just a a cocksure missive that lands bullseye on the topic of English girls, it has more bounce than a retard on a trampoline.

 

“English girls they always have boyfriends,

English girls they never seem to love them”