(3-track SINGLE/ 2002/ �BEGGARS BANQUET RECORDS�)
Buffy, bully for Biffy, can beat it. Clyro are one of the greatest bands in the UK at present, fierily breathing ground-shaking vibrancy into that rarest of scenes: lo-fi death metal. Lo-fi in they are so hesitantly touchy-feelly and sensitively soulful in spurts, while in total contrast they have the benefit of hallowed doom influences when frontman guitarist/ singer Simon Neil�s psyche swells and he�s positively overcome with raging anger, the keynotes shifting from beautiful to beastly. And yet the moves are always inspiring sights, overpowering sounds. Lead track �57� is a full-on anthem through-&-through, while the exquisite splendour of �Hope For An Angel� and then the epic, wandering moodswings of �Time as an imploding unit/ Waiting for green� are so majestically breathtaking you�re suddenly quite willing to die of asphyxiation once heard, wondering why the hell they didn�t tag those 2 tracks on to their 12-track debut LP �Blackened Sky� for yet greater measure. Biffy Clyro ARE the future: brighter than the kid with straight-�A� MENSA entrance exams behind him or her� (STEVE RUDD)