A Celebration of Endings - Biffy Clyro

A Celebration of Endings is the eighth studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Biffy Clyro. It was produced by Rich Costey and was released on 14 August 2020. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, making it the band's third consecutive studio album to top the chart.

It offers up a brand of gut-wrenching, defiant hope.

The album finds Neil looking outside of himself for lyrical inspiration more than ever. The concept here is that after society has accelerated to the point of collapse, we’ve reached an impasse where we should lay the bad news to rest, learn from our mistakes and head into an enlightened new beginning.

This was, surprisingly, all written before Covid-19 and the social and political uprisings we’ve seen in recent months. The playful opening notes of ‘North Of No South’ usher in much-needed brightness before building to an almighty sci-fi rock banger with riffs that Muse would kill for. Setting the tone, Neil screams of recalibrating his moral compass and shunning norms to pursue a more righteous path: “We know what we’re worth and we’ve removed the shroud”. ‘The Champ’, the closest that Biffy have come to penning a Bond theme, is another mini-manifesto for not letting the fuckers get you down: “Don’t give me that bullshit catchphrase – ‘It was better in my day’”. Amen. - Andrew Trendell

The Scottish trio return with a wildly diverse album that swings from frenzied riffage to rock balladry, all tied together with a message of hope.

Tracklist

1. North Of No South

2. The Champ

3. Weird Leisure

4. Tiny Indoor Fireworks

5. Worst Type of Best Possible

6. Space

7. End Of

8. Instant History

9. The Pink Limit

10. Opaque

11. Cop Syrup