Talk about flogging a dead horse. Kilmarnock's finest, BIFFY CLYRO release the fourth single (if you include the recent internet effort) to be taken from their third album “Infinity Land”. Fans of the band will have, undoubtedly, bought the album last year, and to still be churning out singles from it four months later is, at best; a mistake, and at worst; it's taking the piss.
'Only One Word Comes To Mind' is, in itself, fairly unremarkable. Straying from their grunge roots, Biffy Clyro wander off in the direction of the power ballad and, unsurprisingly, end up sounding like a second rate Then Jericho. Aye, it's that bad.
The song begins with frontman Simon Neil pleading: “Believe in, believe in me...”, which, for this particular reviewer, is irony personified, while the climax of a faux death-metal riff feels forced and totally out of place.
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And to be honest, the two new songs that make up the accompanying tracks, 'Drown In A Natural Light' and 'Gently' aren't much better.
While 'Drown In A Natural Light' has some redeeming features (quality drumming, great raucous last 30 seconds), 'Gently' is truly awful, sounding, as it does, like a band going through the motions. Grunge-by-numbers if you like.
So, all in all, a pretty disappointing release for a band that have, in the past, produced far better fare than this.
'Only One Word Comes To Mind'? Don't tempt me.
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