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‘The Myth of the Happily Ever After’ is a homegrown project that represents a reaction to Biffy Clyro’s latest studio album ‘A Celebration of Endings’ and a rapid emotional response to the turmoil of the past year. It is the ying to the yang of ‘A Celebration’, the other-side-of-a-coin, a before-and-after comparison: their early optimism of 2020 having been brought back to earth with a resounding thud. It’s the product of a strange and cruel time in our lives, but one that ultimately reinvigorated Biffy Clyro. ‘The Myth of the Happily Ever After’ is a homegrown project that represents a reaction to Biffy Clyro’s latest studio album ‘A Celebration of Endings’ and a rapid emotional response to the turmoil of the past year. It is the ying to the yang of ‘A Celebration’, the other-side-of-a-coin, a before-and-after comparison: their early optimism of 2020 having been brought back to earth with a resounding thud. It’s the product of a strange and cruel time in our lives, but one that ultimately reinvigorated Biffy Clyro.

“This is a reaction to ‘A Celebration of Endings’,” says vocalist / guitarist Simon Neil. “This album is a real journey, a collision of every thought and emotion we’ve had over the past eighteen months. There was a real fortitude in ‘A Celebration’ but in this record we’re embracing the vulnerabilities of being a band and being a human in this twisted era of our lives. Even the title is the polar opposite. It’s asking, do we create these narratives in our own minds to give us some security when none of us know what’s waiting for us at the end of the day?”

Grounded by lockdown, the album was recorded in just six weeks in a farmhouse in their homeland in Scotland. As Simon jokes, “It’s our first full-on tartan album!”

A recurring concept of the album is the power of personal convictions, which have taken on an almost religious fervour via the echo chambers of social media and news platforms. But that idea has the nuance to rise above contrasting sides of an argument, arguing that greater unity and open-mindedness is the only way forward. Elsewhere, it spans everything from gaslighting to the ultimate devotion of cults and the beautiful failure of a Japanese racehorse. CD1 - THE MYTH OF HAPPILY EVER AFTER
DumDum
A Hunger In Your Haunt
Denier
Separate Missions
Witchs Cup
Holy Water
Errors In The History Of God
Haru Urara
Unknown Male 01
Existed
Slurpy Slurpy Sleep Sleep
CD2 - A CELEBRATION OF ENDINGS: LIVE AT BARROWLAND BALLROOM
North Of No South (Live)
The Champ (Live)
Weird Leisure (Live)
Tiny Indoor Fireworks (Live)
Worst Type of Best Possible(Live)
Space (Live)
End Of (Live)
Instant History (Live)
The Pink Limit (Live)
Opaque (Live)
Cop Syrup (Live)

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