Biffy Clyro - The Captain : Video

24 September 2009

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Biffy Clyro, one of the foremost and influential rock bands in the UK right now, have announced that they will be releasing their new single, ‘The Captain’, on 26 October through 14th Floor Records.  The single is taken from their highly anticipated forthcoming new album Only Revolutions, to be released on 9 November 2009. 

‘The Captain’ follows on from Biffy Clyro’s recent massive top 10 single ‘That Golden Rule’, which was put on the Radio 1 A list a full 5 weeks upfront; and ‘Mountains’, which was released in August 2008 and became their biggest single chart success to date, entering the UK chart in the top 5 and selling over 100,000 copies.

‘The Captain’ launches like a stomping military march before it descends into a euphoric explosion of gigantic riffs, powerful pop melodies and exhilarating horns. This coupled with one of their most anthemic chorus to date makes ‘The Captain’ a real statement of intent from the Ayrshire trio. 

In November 2009, Biffy Clyro will be playing a fifteen-date tour of the UK and Ireland, followed by 14 massive support dates with Muse across Europe.  The tour will see the band return to London’s Brixton Academy on 12 November after their triumphant sell-out gig at the venue last December, as well as two home-coming shows at Glasgow’s Barrowlands on the 2 and 3 of November. 

This will be the first series of live dates for Biffy Clyro after the release of their impending new album.  The album, the band’s fifth and second with 14th Floor Records, is being recorded in LA, once again with Puzzle’s producer GGGarth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers), and mixed by Andy Wallace (Coldplay, Nirvana, Faith No More) and is set to be a vital and monumental record. 

Biffy Clyro have experienced a phenomenal couple of years since the release of the lauded Puzzle in June 2007, seeing them become one of the most celebrated live bands in the country. Not only have they toured across the world in America, Japan, Australia and Europe, but also they have played two sold-out headline tours of the UK and clocked up high-profile support slots with the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Queens of The Stone Age, Linkin Park and a colossal Wembley Stadium show with Muse.

Find out just how shocked we were at the Simon Neil Picture in the blog, Biffy Clyro – What On EARTH Is Simon Doing?

UK & European headline tour and Muse support dates:

24 October                    Southampton               Guildhall

25 October                    Cardiff                         University

26 October                    Brighton                      Dome

28 October                    Belfast                         St. George’s Market

29 October                    Dublin                          Olympia

1 November                   Dundee                        Caird Hall

2 November                   Glasgow                       Barrowland