Where's the change font button gone? Oh well... I'd never in my life heard a Biffy Clyro song before this, I just had never bothered with them and I don't really know why. I didn't know what to expect from there, apart from something guitar based which is what I got. I think that this band have managed to find a unique sound that will interest a great number of people but it is not so different that it will turn people away, in fact I can see why so many people love Biffy Clyro - this is a very nice achievement.
I really liked the riff of Living is a Problem... and the song is a really good straight rock track with a different edge, and this is how I found the rest of the album to go. This edge I feel is provided by the vocals which are nothing ground breaking but complement the music in a strange way that I can't quite pin down. Like Alex said Biffy don't try to do too much, they are just playing what they want to play and it worked out nicely for them. Too many popular bands are trying to do too much and trying to be bands like Muse, Radiohead, Joy Division and even The Beatles. In fact bands have been trying to be the Beatles since they first came about but that's a different story. Anyway it was a somewhat breath of fresh air with Biffy Clyro.
One thing I did notice was that their songs had a similar structure and after Who's Got a Match? - which I really didn't like the lyrics of by the way - I was begging for something different. I was glad then when the slower As Dust Dances came on. As Dust Dances is good for what it is a bit of a more melodic personal song with a big old uproar towards the end where things got a bit louder. I don't tend to go for these types of songs unless they are really good but this is one of the only (for want of a better word) power ballad that I thought "Yeah, this is alright..."
I think that the middle of the album takes a turn for the worse. A Whole Child Ago and Now I'm Everywhere both really annoyed me, mostly because the way the vocalist is singing. Also a lot of the tracks follow the same formula as earlier tracks which bored be somewhat. Overall though this is a good album but I think it contains quite a bit of filler. Biffy have come up with something that has both uniqueness and mass appeal and for this I award them 3/5
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