God damn, it’s good to revisit classics like this every now and then.
Indeed! Such a great album.
On my last couple days' commutes...a bit of a bag of randomness:
I've always maintained Puzzle and Only Revolutions are my favorite Biffy Clyro records, with the former having a tiny edge...but some days I think Opposites might be even superior. Just an incredibly tasty set of punchy, unique and creative tunes. Minus the Bear's Menos el Oso is an album I listened to a fair bit when it came out...hadn't revisited it in a while. Still very enjoyable, quite "chill" (maybe
too chill?)...not sure I'm into it as much these days, but nice listen nonetheless (and Drilling is a great tune!).
Another one I hadn't heard in a while is the Psycho Motel album. Gotta say, I didn't remember much of it. In part it's because...um...it's not very memorable?
There isn't much to distinguish it from other 90s album with that grunge-y sound. Maybe it's the vocals, I don't know. But Adrian doesn't put much of his stamp on it. Performances are very good, and it's well produced, but...it's kinda there. I feel Bruce got way more flak for Skunkworks going in a direction that was outside his norm...many were screaming "grunge album!!", but I never thought of it that way. I guess he just was/is a "higher profile" character, so people were watching his moves more closely and generating stronger opinions/reactions?