Infinity Land by Biffy Clyro
Infinity Land is the third studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Biffy Clyro, released on October 4, 2004 on Beggars Banquet. The album saw the band move into darker territory, in terms of both sound and lyrical content. It also furthered various experiments from The Vertigo of Bliss, such as using 5/4 time ("There is no Such Thing as a Jaggy Snake"), multiple time changes, key changes, and instrumental variation. The album contains a hidden track, "Tradition Feed". After the final track, "Pause And Turn It Up", approximately 18 minutes of silence precedes a short poem, read by Simon Neil, dedicated to his late mother. "Tradition Feed" can also be found as a B-side to the vinyl 7" single "Only One Word Comes To Mind". As with each of the band's first three albums, it has been played in full once only, on 15 December 2005 at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow. "Only One Word Comes to Mind" reached #27 on the UK Singles Chart. "Glitter And Trauma", "My Recovery Injection", and "Only One Word Comes To Mind" were released as singles in edited forms. "There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake" was released as digital download. "Got Wrong" was considered for the final single but lost out to "Only One Word Comes To Mind". The cover art was created by Chris Fleming, who also created the cover art for all the singles from Infinity Land.
If the live persona of Biffy Clyro—shirtless, sweat-drenched, full-bearded—perhaps paints them as mere amp-wrecking cavemen, this third record serves as a cerebral corrective. Not that <i>Infinity Land<i></i>, named after a Jeffrey Dahmer quote, is lacking in blood-and-thunder (exhibit A: the brooding, electro-inflected “Glitter and Trauma”). But from the key change catnip on “Some Kind of Wizard” to an unexpected blast of horns on “The Weapons Are Concealed”, this is a daring attempt to add engaging intricacy to the Biff’s abiding clatter.</i>
