First off, as you can tell I haven’t posted in a while. Unfortunately I have been quite busy lately, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t got lot’s to post. I’m going to be doing an epic load of publishing posts that need to be published in the next day or so, including a Tall Ships gig review, an album review, and an interview. But for now, I want to come on to the latest gig I went to, which was Biffy Clyro on Friday.
I’ve got a confession to make: I never used to be a big fan of biffy.
WAIT PLEASE BEFORE YOU JUDGE ME.
I am now. it’s ok.
Until recently, I didn’t really get the whole Biffy Clyro hype. I liked Many of Horror, but the little else I’d heard, I didn’t love. Then my boyfriend got me into them, and i’m so glad he did. I fell in love with Only Revolutions and the love for the older stuff came naturally. And opposites came out and it didn’t disappoint me one bit. I’m glad I found this love because it meant that seeing them in Cardiff on Friday night was bloody awesome. Plus, City and Colour were supporting, a band I’d always wanted to see.
City and Colour came on stage in the Motorpoint Arena at about 7.15. City and Colour, a band formed by Alexisonfire lead singer Dallas Green, are acoustic, so naturally, don’t sound a lot like Biffy Clyro. While they started off ok, I have to admit, I found myself getting a bit bored. They didn’t play their best songs, in fact, they played hardly any of their older stuff. it was dry, disappointing, everything blurred in to one. I don’t think it helped that when City and Colour started, it was just Dallas Green and his guitar, but now it’s a full fledged band and a lot of that magic from the early days has gone. None-the-less, I still did not enjoy the loud football talk coming from a group of lads stood near me through the entirety of their set (see my upcoming post on gig etiquette for more on that!).
Dallas Green/City and Colour
When City and Colour finished performing, everyone was eagerly anticipating Biffy Clyro. The entire building had filled out with people. When they eventually came on, just after half 8, I saw probably the most impressively designed stage-set I have ever seen. A curtain dropped to reveal a huge constructed tree, all branches with no leaves like the one on the Opposites album cover art, taking up the back of the stage. Simon Neil was naturally wearing no top, revealing his many tattoos and making all the girls swoon. They opened with new song ‘Different People’ followed by ‘Golden Rule’. The crowd instantly started moshing. It was a rowdy gig all the way through and by the end my light grey nikes were almost black. Biffy played plenty of older stuff which was great for the dedicated fans, and plenty off of Only Revolutions, which was awesome for people like me who saw it as their greatest album. They played a good song of heavy tunes to mosh to like 'there's no such thing as a jaggy snake', songs to feel instantly passionate about like ‘Bubbles’, and slower, sad songs like ‘Many of Horror’. They obviously played a few new songs, but without letting it rule their entire set.
They closed their main set with one of my Favourites ‘The Captain’, but then of course, did an Encore which consisted of ‘Skylight’, ‘Stingin’ Belle’ and lastly, ‘mountains’, which was a perfect song to close on.
Biffy Clyro
All in all, it was a brilliant gig not simply in terms of the music but in terms of the stage design. I was impressed and it’s fair to say I’ve been completely converted to Biffy Clyro fandom, and I can not wait to see what they offer as a Reading festival headliner in August.
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