Flashback Friday.. Biffy Clyro - 'My Recovery Injection'

This is the best quality video that I could find - sorry!

Anyway, I welcome you all to 'My Recovery Injection' by Biffy Clyro! This was the first Biffy song that I ever heard at the grand old age of 11! 'My Recovery Injection' was taken from the 2004 album, Infinity Land, before the band decided that they were both mountains and sea, and before the somewhat theatrical and more commercially received Only Revolutions.

This is a 'typical' Biffy track, in the same way that I could name you a track which totally captures the essence of Muse, and Biffy Clyro have an immediately identifiable signiature sound, a lot of which may be down to Simon Neil's voice; as is with all memorable frontmen and women, the more unique the voice the more memorable the band, and Biffy Clyro are definitely one of the definitive British bands this side of the year 2000.

Biffy Clyro are due to release their sixth album (and double album!) Opposites, later this year!

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Rapid Review.. Pure Love - 'Handsome Devil's Club'

'Handsome Devil's Club' is the second single by Frank Carter's new outfit, Pure Love. This was released in late May (!) apparently but totally passed me by and I only found it about a week ago after my friend told me that their Reading festival set was pretty awesome!

As I said in a previous Pure Love post, this is the complete opposite of what was occurring in the original Gallows; this is Carter showing his versatility as a songwriter and performer, and I really cannot get over what a surprisingly good singer he is! 'Handsome Devil's Club' is as poppy and catchy, if not catchier than 'Bury My Bones' was. I know that even if I tried to dislike this song, I would still end up liking it, and when Pure Love's debut album is released before the year is out, I will definitely be getting it. The only thing that I'm not so keen on are lyrics such as "Give me a good girl / The kind that wants to please / Give me a good girl / Down on her knees" - I know, I know, cue the feminist in me, and cue much eye rolling from male readers over picky modern females. Sexism will always exist to some degree, and I suppose I'd rather have fun singing it in a good song, rather than in some semi-R'n'B derogatory chart hit rapping about 'bitchez' and 'hoes' and the like.

Anyway, looking forward to both the Pure Love album, and the new Gallows stuff, and if my memory doesn't fail me then, as far as I'm aware, Pure love should be supporting Pulled Apart By Horses on their UK tour this autumn!

The 'Handsome Devil's Club' single, including 'Bury My Bones' and the videos for both songs, can be purchased for £1.99 on iTunes!

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New Waves.. Marina and the Diamonds - 'How to Be a Heartbreaker'

'How to Be a Heartbreaker' was recently revealed to be the third single taken from Marina and the Diamonds' second album, Electra Heart. Don't worry, if, like myself, you were a tad confused as to this song's whereabouts within the album; the track was apparantly written a week after the UK edition of Electra Heart was finalised and was, therefore, included on the US version of the album.

The song is fresh and catchy, a perfect summer track (unfortunately, the weather doesn't seem to be complying as of late!), and is again keeping in with the Electra Heart theme of  the rights and wrongs of love and relationships and female empowerment, and despite the song being very good, the theme feels a little tired.

It is a shame the song didn't exist before the Electra Heart UK was finished, as it would provide a bit more 'oomph' if placed strategically within the album. However, it is a much stronger song than 'Power and Control', which I was surprised to find chosen to be a single.

Marina is still on tour (!) and starts a UK jaunt in October; she's playing my hometown so hopefully I'll be able to cajole someone into joining me!

'How to Be a Heartbreaker' is due for release in September (unfortunately couldn't pin down the date) with a video to follow.

Check my review of Electra Heart here :)

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Leeds Metropolitan University (September 30)
Dundee Fat Sam's (October 2)
O2 Academy Liverpool (4)
Preston 53 Degrees (5)
Manchester Academy (6)
O2 Academy Leicester (8)
Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall (9)
London HMV Forum (11)
Lincoln Engine Shed (14)
O2 Academy Oxford (15)
Dublin Olympia Theatre (17)

New album releases.. 3rd September

3 September 2012
Artist	Title
The Milk	Tales from the Thames Delta
Cat Power	Sun
imamiwhoami	Kin
The Vaccines	Come Of Age
Mark Knopfler	Privateering
Jens Lekman	I Know What Love Is
Metronomy	Late Night Tales
The Fresh & Onlys	Long Slow Dance
Animal Collective	Centipede Hz
Two Door Cinema Club	Beacon
Freddie Mercury	Barcelona: Special Edition
Dinosaur Jr	I Bet On Sky

courtesy of NME.com