Biffy Clyro

Mountains

Aug 27, 2008
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The weird thing about Biffy Clyro is that when they write songs that jump between time signatures like a frog evading a hammer, they’re more often than not utterly brilliant. But when they play it straight and radio-friendly, something gets lost in translation. ‘Mountains’ fits into the latter category. With its big, bare-chested chorus it’ll doubtless further their much-deserved march to massiveness, but it’s not quite vintage Biff.

Barry Nicolson

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jamdav86

Aug 28, 2008

To be fair, there are still funny time-signature changes, but they're not as obvious and weird as their older tracks.For example, there is a shift between "You canâ€™t take that away from me" and "â€˜Cause you tear us apart".

coral_ryan

Sep 1, 2008

this song is one of the best songs that biffy clyro has ever made!!!!!

Faby The Baby

Sep 1, 2008

Really like this track.....

rufoid

Sep 2, 2008

One day theyll return to the magnificence that is Vertigo. Ive seen them 31 times and the first time I didnt want to see them was at Leeds Festival because they just were there to play Puzzle tracks, 57 and JustBoy. Theyre playing the Glasgow SECC in December and I for one wont be there. I'll be back when they start playing the older stuff and not concentrating on album sales. And yes, I am bitter.......

cold_play

Sep 4, 2008

A great Boost For Biffy Clyro's way to fame . The jumps in the time signature probably wouldn't work with any other artist ... but Biffy pull it off with aplomb . Great Band , No-bodys secret for long.

I.Love.Music.Meh

Sep 12, 2008

I like this song.

rufoid

Sep 23, 2008

cold_play, they were a secret for a long time. 2001 til 2007 no one could see past they're Killers/Strokes/Libertines albums. But all of a sudden theyve become mainstream.