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Mountains [Single]

~ Biffy Clyro
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Product details

  • Audio CD (25 Aug 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Single
  • Label: 14th Floor
  • ASIN: B0018CVQLG
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 51,978 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Biffy Clyro will release their long-awaited, amazing new single `Mountains' on 25 August 2008 through 14th Floor Records. The single will be the first new release from the band since the highly lauded Puzzle, which was released in June 2007, and like Puzzle, `Mountains' was produced by veteran producer Garth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and mixed by Andy Wallace (Nirvana, At The Drive-In).

`Mountains' sees Biffy Clyro at their majestic best, coupling a gigantic chorus with their distinctive heavy and obtuse sound. The single will be a one-off release with the follow-up album to Puzzle expected in 2009.


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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Biffy've evolved- and i like it., 19 Sep 2008
In a way i believe this review will tie together to conflicting arguments of previous reviews.
4 times over the past 4 years i've stood in a crowd of hairy weirdos chanting the Joy.Discovery.Invention, or screaming the lyrics to Justboy- there's nothing quite like being surrounded by 1,500 like minded people singing in unison "i am hoping through the dark clouds, lights shall break and bring out bright skies"- anyone who's been there will know what i mean. Beautiful and uplifting.
And whilst the Biffy that i fell in love with would have gotten me laughed at by the same people who you'll find bopping along to this track nowadays, i don't begrudge them their success. They're an astonishingly hard-working band, didn't they play over 150 shows in one year a few years ago? And so they deserve every success.
I'm not going to cry that they've changed- you have to change or else you get repetitious. The White Stripes became mainstream and i still love them. What both bands have managed to do is retain enough of what kept them so very very special.
So is this song good?
Oh yeah it is.
It doesn't need 7/8 bridges or egyptian scales to be a good song.
I remember standing in line at a show before Puzzle came out and we were all very nervous about the new songs, after we'd heard they were gonna be a lot more radio-friendly. I tell you no-one went home disappointed with the preview of the songs we had that night.
This is an awesome song; succinct, concise, emotional- and a lovely evolutionary step towards the recognition that a band that has given be such enjoyment over the past deserves.
It's so blatantly Biffy- something that no-one else can pull off, but it can also hook my sister- a sugary pop fan.
Don't hit on it cos it's not their old stuff. I wouldn't want their old stuff again- i've moved on, the world's moved on. We're all well over half a decade older now, and it's time to hand the torch down to some younger chaps. I'm dead happy that Biffy never got stuck in a creative rut, or treading water in the minor leagues.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome song, 12 Aug 2008
Well I loved this song.

I don't really have an expectation of what I Biffy Clyro should sound like and I thought this was fantastic.

It's been repeating on my iPod pretty much constantly.

The chorus is infinitely sing-along-able and the whole song builds brilliantly with some really subtle changes of pace and intonation - and the final line with no instrumentation is a superb finish.

I'd certainly recommend it.
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27 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars You'll find out where it all went wrong, 30 Jul 2008
By Mr. T. E. Rousham "mitmusic" (Suffolk, UK) - See all my reviews
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I had yet another listen to "Mountains" before writing this review, just to be sure. And, to be fair, I dislike it less than the first time I heard it. Having said that I hated it initially to the point where I was actually very upset, and to be honest, I still am. For, it would be incorrect to say that the song has "grown" on me, to be more accurate would be to say I have "got used to it".

Simply, being as obective as possible, this song is bland, uninspiring, underwhelming and really quite boring. Ignoring objectivity, as a huge fan of Biffy and in comparison to their earlier work: It's DREADFUL. For a Biffy song it is truly terrible. The vocals are average, occasionally weak, like the music they hint at the band's (they are all great singers) abilities rather than showcasing them. The music is samey, bouncing along (very much like "Who's Got a Match" which I liked, or worse, like some pseudo-indie-poprock chart nonsense) until perhaps the most underwhelming chorus in history, which brings us to THE LYRICS. Oh God, the lyrics... do I really need to say more? Biff were always attacked for their "odd"/"silly" lyrics and song titles, but at least if you bothered to investigate there was something behind them... I am a... no I just can't do it.

I am not asking for more of the "traditional Biffy sound", what is that anyway? Not one of their albums has been anything like the others and they are all outstanding (Puzzle perhaps a little less so, the seeds of overproduction and pop-song-sensibility were sown and started to sprout a little there, nevertheless it was still a very good album), so what has gone so horribly wrong?

I have never been so dissapointed by a song. Perhaps because Biffy were one of (if not the) best, most promising bands of today. Their music was emotional, hard-hitting, fun, raw, inventive, and sometimes a little scary. "Mountains" is none of these things.

The one good thing about this song is it makes me think of Puzzle with more affection (it now resides firmly in the "good Biffy" area), although sadly, it had to redifine what a "bad Biffy Clyro song" was in order to do it.

I am sure this will be voted one of the "least helpful" reviews, the most helpful ones being the inevitable 5 star reviews that accompany almost every product on amazon ever. I do not particularly mind, but before you vote - ask yourself: If (like me) you regard most of (if not all) Biffy's previous work worthy of five stars, do you really believe that this song is of the same quality as songs like Joy.Discovery.Invention? Justboy? Hero Management? 57? Bodies in Flight? with Aplomb? Now the Action is on Fire? Glitter and Trauma? Only One Word Comes to Mind? The Kids from Kibble and the Fist of Light? Who's Got a Match? Semi-Mental? If you do then this review is indeed unhelpful. It is just my opinion, but I'd be amazed if there aren't others - particularly old Biffy fans - who share it.
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