JUST days removed from their spectacular headline show at Reading & Leeds and a week ahead of their eagerly anticipated show at Glasgow Green, Biffy Clyro have shared a new single called ‘Unknown Male 01’.
The song arrives on the same day that the trio have shared news of a surprise new project. ‘The Myth of the Happily Ever After’ will arrive on 22nd October and is an 11-track record that lead vocalist Simon Neil describes as a “reaction to” their last album ‘A Celebration of Endings’. It was recorded across six weeks in their rehearsal room, marking the first time the band have recorded in their homeland.
Speaking of the project, Simon Neil says “This is a reaction to A Celebration of Endings. This album is a real journey, a collision of every thought and emotion we’ve had over the past eighteen months. There was a real fortitude in A Celebration but in this record we’re embracing the vulnerabilities of being a band and being a human in this twisted era of our lives. Even the title is the polar opposite. It’s asking, do we create these narratives in our own minds to give us some security when none of us know what’s waiting for us at the end of the day”
Discussing the gargantuan lead single, he said “”When you lose people that you love deeply and have been a big part of your life, it can make you question every single thing about your own life. Like a lot of creative people, I struggle with dark thoughts. If you’re that way inclined you realise you’re staring at darkness, but you don’t want to succumb. Those moments don’t stop. As the song says, ‘The devil never leaves.’ There’s never a day where you wake up thinking, ‘I feel great, it won’t cross me ever again’.”
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