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Emma Johnston

“Every time it seems their direction is clear, the rug is swiftly pulled away”: Open your mind and embrace Biffy Clyro’s Infinity Land as a prog album

Ben Johnston, Simon Neil and James Johnston of Biffy Clyro (Photo by David Lodge/FilmMagic).

From their earliest days, Ayrshire’s Biffy Clyro always had an endearing edge of oddness that set them apart from their peers on the early-00s UK rock scene.

But while debut album Blackened Sky was stuffed with post-hardcore anthems, and follow-up The Vertigo Of Bliss combined musical innovation with punk rage (they recorded it in a single day, in an outpouring of wild creativity), third release Infinity Land truly allowed them to spread their wings and fully embrace their prog side.

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