BIFFY CLYRO
INFINITY LAND (Beggars Banquet, 2004)
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 their debut, Blackened Sky was stuffed with post-hardcore anthems and its 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), it was Infinity Land that truly allowed them to spread their wings and fully embrace their prog side. Brilliantly ambitious yet in keeping with their upward trajectory, it’s the sound of a band pushing their own boundaries, testing the limits of imagination and daring their audience to follow them into stranger territories.