While a passable alt rock album with sufficient Biffy touch for me to enjoy, it's hard to say there's much that's special on this album. Occasionally the lyrics or the guitar hits just right, but most of the time, the mix is too muddy (especially with the drums) to properly enjoy. I promise I don't mean it in a dismissive way but some of these start to sound like Imagine Dragons-style pop songs. The Biffy vibe is present enough, but I can only imagine how much more powerful ... read more
It's a perfectly fine alt rock song but Jonathan Gilmore's mixing results in way too much noise and too little dynamics in the end product. It's a common pitfall many alt rock bands fall into later into their career/in the modern era. I am honestly very disappointed every time, because it results in good songs that I want to listen to but at the same time don't, because I don't want to assault my ears. I am expecting more great songs on the album, but the mixing will ... read more
Honestly a bit of a weird track but Graham Coxon's guitar playing is probably what makes this track solid.
The first half of the album is filler for me. The production is technically pleasant, but also very very sanitized for me. It's soft rock, but so uninteresting both instrumentally and lyrically. I point to their last two albums for cooler sounding albums they've put out in recent years. Robby misses hard with Such A Mystery which is a huge shame, as I actually love so many of his songs with the Goos. The two closing tracks are pretty lame, but passable tracks as fun songs written to ... read more




