Saturday 24th October 2009 Biffy Clyro, Southampton guildhall

Saturday 24th October 2009 Biffy Clyro, Southampton Guildhall

At 7 o’clock, Saturday(24^th October 2009) evening I was standing in an impressive queue outside the Southampton Guildhall, mentally preparing myself for an evening of sweaty topless men, hideously expensive beer and the possibility of being deaf for days to come.

No I wasn’t off to a Chippendales show; it was, in fact, time for Scottish trio Biffy Clyro’s first show of their UK tour.

With their fifth studio album Only Revolutions to promote, Biffy’s performance promised to be a mixture of the old and the new...and boy it didn’t disappoint.

The concert started strongly with the first of the two warm up acts Tellison, a four piece, South London outfit, warming the crowd up suitably with their charming indie beats.

Following was Pulled Apart by Horses, an alternative-screamo band from Leeds, with a fantastic display of angry guitar, blistering screaming and ear splitting bass.

Then, with the sell out crowd on tenterhooks, the ominous black curtain covering the stage was ripped down and Biffy Clyro emerged to don their instruments.

Opening with the blistering song from their new album That Golden Rule followed immediately with the equally blistering Living is a problem because Everybody Dies it was an epic start to the proceedings.

Biffy produced a truly impressive set with a meld of the orchestral songs from latest album Puzzle, played back to back with the raw, post-hardcore sounds from their earlier works.

As for their new material, Biffy played seven songs from Only Revolutions and each one fitted seamlessly with the rest of the set.

Yet again Biffy Clyro showed that they are still furiously passionate about their music and if this show reflects their new album then roll on the 7^th of November, because I’ll be first in the queue to buy it.