Biffy Clyro
Puzzle
British European 'puzzle' biffy clyro's first album in three years sees the band making the bold and ambitious record that will both satisfy their huge and devoted fanbase and win the hearts of countless others cementing their reputation as the best and most important rock band in the uk the album includes the singles 'living is a problem because everything dies' and 'saturday superhouse' which found the band breaking into the top 15 for the first time and received high critical acclaim with the nme heralding the track as an 'anthem' mixed in new york by andy wallace nirvana at the drivein and with artwork by storm thorgerson pink floyd led zepellin 'puzzle' marks biffy's transformation into a truly worldbeating band from soaring download single 'semimental' to the bludgeoning punch of 'saturday superhouse' through the swollen intensity of the slowburning 'as dust dances' and to the glorious footstomping live favourite 'who's got a match' 'puzzle' packs an emotional punch with 24carat choruses shot through with biffy's trademark sideways approach to songwriting it also sees them anchor some of their most outlandish ideas check the staggering '915ths' with the sort of clear and crisp melodies that this threeheaded powerhouse have been hinting at since the days of 'justboy' and '27'