We’ve been following Biffy Clyro quite closely recently due to 2016 set to be a huge year for them and today we’ve got some of the biggest news yet. Biffy have announced the name of their eagerly anticipated upcoming album, the new release is set to be titled ‘Ellipsis’. As per in the modern age Biffy took to Twitter to announce their new album title and released details about their new song:
#WolvesOfWinter is #TrackoftheDay on @BBCR1. Preorder #Ellipsis and get WOW instantly https://t.co/rrAX1F2A8F pic.twitter.com/9fgFW8nXaq
— Biffy Clyro (@BiffyClyro) March 22, 2016
The first single from ‘Ellipsis’ is ‘Wolves of Winter’ and had it’s debut yesterday afternoon on the Zane Lowe show on Beats 1:
You can listen to #WolvesOfWinter with @ZaneLowe on @Beats1 at 4:30pm GMT / 9:30am PST @ https://t.co/AGTR3V5XPr pic.twitter.com/lk7unkMhBn
— Biffy Clyro (@BiffyClyro) March 21, 2016
A full release of the song hasn’t been released yet, other than it’s play on the Zane Lowe show; the only version we can listen to at the moment is the Youtube preview that Biffy released yesterday:
Biffy have previously mentioned that this album was set to explore a different sound compared to their previous releases. Lead singer Simon Neill said this when speaking to DJ Zane Lowe:
“We’re saying something new with our seventh album… We’re trying to feel like it’s our first album again. We’ve still got balls. We’re still here to get in your face.”
He continued to describe the sound of the new album as:
“It’ll be leaner and meaner than the last – no orchestras,” he added. “This album is going to be the opposite of cinematic. If the last records were kind of Ridley Scott, then this one is more John Waters. It’s quite dirty! We’ve taken a lot of influence from recent hip-hop records, like the latest A$AP Rocky – they’re so fucking good because they’ve got really grimy, dirty, horrible sounds with beautiful vocals, or vice versa. We’re trying to get that balance of things teetering on the edge of chaos the entire time. It’s going to sound like Biffy, but it’s about ‘rocking’ instead of ‘rock’.”
‘Ellipsis’ is available from Biffy’s website here.
Find our recent articles on Biffy here and here.
