It's better than I thought actually. OK, Blackened Sky is a more raw Biffy, like Ben said (although at the time I didn't really understand what he meant by that. I guess you have to listen to it). Musically it's pretty good, songs like "Convex, Concave" and "Justboy" are really, really powerful tracks.
The thing is with this album, it isn't as good as Puzzle, but it's so similar. Blackened Sky feels like the planning for Puzzle. It's like, they know what they can achieve so they've set out to make the best album possible. But they haven't. Simply because they aren't good enough yet. Listening to this feels like stepping into a time machine, and then if you listen to Puzzle you can see what they were trying to do here. That's not to say this isn't good - it's great. If I listened to this in 2003 when I was meant to I'd love it, it's only due to the fact that I've heard the band that they became that this falls short of the mark. There are even songs where I think "Ooh this sounds like 'Get fucked stud' or whatever".
Simon Neil's voice is also pretty poor on the album, but then again it's never been marvellous. There isn't a lot I can say about the album that isn't just a comparison with this one and Puzzle, and that's starting to frustrate me, so I'll close with this:
Blackened Sky is a great album, and it shows the potential Biffy Clyro had. In 2003. It's got plenty of really good tracks, but doesn't seem particularly relevent now.
3/5
Highlights:
Joy. Discovery. Invention
Convex, Concave
Scary Mary
Dan
Little fun fact I noticed: In all of my reviews for this weeks albums, I complained about the vocals. The album I posted didn't have any vocals.
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