"They experienced major burnout, band members fell out for the first time and founding member James Johnston pulled out of this tour due to mental health and addiction issues. But their new songs feel rooted in renewal, reconnection and newfound purpose. Neil pays tribute to his departed bandmate on the urgent and zippy Friendshipping, which is an ode to the importance of maintaining such relationships."
"Futique was recorded in Berlin; the band said that the ghosts of Bowie, Iggy and Nick Cave's the Birthday Party bled into the songs. No such art-pop apparitions feel present tonight. Instead there's a rousing pop sensibility to these new tracks. Goodbye is a slow-burn ballad that explodes into an arms-aloft anthem, while Shot One embodies the band's knack for merging sugary melodies and meaty riffs existing in the blurred middle ground between rock, pop and metal that they comfortably own."
"Mountains sets the audience into a mass of pogoing bodies and screaming lungs, while the stripped-back acoustic delivery of Machines slows things down to a gentle whisper. At their most eruptive, the band are brutally loud. Their ability to make taut, tight riffs explode into something enormous and overblown, as on a thunderous Living Is a Problem Because Everything Dies, is piercing and arresting."
Biffy Clyro are touring 2025's Futique after a difficult period that included major burnout, internal fallouts and the withdrawal of founding member James Johnston from the tour due to mental health and addiction issues. The new material emphasizes renewal, reconnection and purpose, with Friendshipping serving as a tribute to maintaining friendships. Futique was recorded in Berlin with acknowledged influences from Bowie, Iggy and Nick Cave's the Birthday Party, though the live delivery leans toward rousing pop sensibilities. Tracks like Goodbye build from slow-burn ballad into arena anthems while Shot One blends sugary melodies with heavy riffs. Older songs provide tense violin stabs, pogoing crowds, quiet acoustic moments and thunderous eruptions, culminating in a potent closing sequence.
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