Simon Neil on TPS

NelsonP · November 2020

This is awesome.....

Dan, Mick and Simon. Thank you. The perfect distraction from the general shitness of 2020.

DaveB666 · November 2020

Possibly my favourite TPS episode ever. Simon was witty, engaging, intense and a great player (not the biggest Biffy fan but will definitely listen more). Watch it people!

soma1975 · November 2020

Yep what a lovely chap.

joeyowen · November 2020

Probably the best episode I've watched. The hour just flew by.

He seems like such a likeable/funny dude

Great band, even if they have dramatically evolved.

stickyfiddle · November 2020

Yeah, great ep. I love Simon Neil - he just seems like a really down to earth bloke, and just the right level of weirdness in his playing to make him super-distinctive but still nice to listen to

DiscoStu · November 2020

Oh I gotta watch this! Thanks for the heads up.

DrCornelius · November 2020

Thanks for posting that, I don’t know much about the band and always had them pegged as a hairier The 1975 but this vid inspired me to download their new album and so far me likey !

rsvmark · November 2020

Paraphrasing- ‘It took 3 people to put my rig together so I thought it was worth having another think’...... top man!

TeleMaster · November 2020

DrCornelius said:

Thanks for posting that, I don’t know much about the band and always had them pegged as a hairier The 1975 but this vid inspired me to download their new album and so far me likey !

Check out Puzzle. It's my favourite Biffy album!

joeyowen · November 2020

TeleMaster said:

DrCornelius said:

Thanks for posting that, I don’t know much about the band and always had them pegged as a hairier The 1975 but this vid inspired me to download their new album and so far me likey !

Check out Puzzle. It's my favourite Biffy album!

You have to listen to it as album in one sitting. It is breathtakingly good.

If you want context, Google what the album is about first, it hits a bit harder if you know

DrCornelius · November 2020

Thanks fellas and interesting that you say listen in one sitting as I found listening to the new album there was a really nice flow to the tracks - reminded me a bit of Rush where you have lots of light and dark ebbing along

sgosden · November 2020

DrCornelius said:

Thanks for posting that, I don’t know much about the band and always had them pegged as a hairier The 1975 but this vid inspired me to download their new album and so far me likey !

harier 1975 hahahaha

Biffy have got a really diverse catalogue now, the older stuff is heavier with some weird time signatures (not prog though), through some pop bangers, some proper rock tunes, upto the movie sound track.

Nerine · November 2020

Yeah. This was a good episode.

TeleMaster · November 2020

sgosden said:

DrCornelius said:

Thanks for posting that, I don’t know much about the band and always had them pegged as a hairier The 1975 but this vid inspired me to download their new album and so far me likey !

harier 1975 hahahaha

Biffy have got a really diverse catalogue now, the older stuff is heavier with some weird time signatures (not prog though), through some pop bangers, some proper rock tunes, upto the movie sound track.

It's funny how we can form opinions of bands that are completely well... wrong. We've all done it!

steveh · November 2020

Simon is the nicest, sweetest, most modest guy in the world (my daughter has met him in person and confirmed that he is exactly the same in "private" as he appears to be in "public" - a really lovely guy).

He also happens to be the best songwriter in the world also.

DrCornelius · November 2020

steveh said:

Simon is the nicest, sweetest, most modest guy in the world (my daughter has met him in person and confirmed that he is exactly the same in "private" as he appears to be in "public" - a really lovely guy).

He also happens to be the best songwriter in the world also.

Welcome to the Forum Simon !

John_A · November 2020

That was great! Long time Biffy fan, really enjoyed that

If you haven't already, have a listen to the 2020 Barrowlands gig, playing, singing and sound are stupendous

DiscoStu · November 2020

I've seen Biffy several times over the years, going back to the early days and they've always been nothing short of incredible.
I've a total man crush on Simon!

Lebarque · November 2020

DiscoStu said:

I've seen Biffy several times over the years, going back to the early days and they've always been nothing short of incredible.
I've a total man crush on Simon!

Me too. Loved the old days, when people shout 'mon the Biff' and '57' between every song until they played it. Just wish the production / mastering on The Vertigo of Bliss was better - it's always sounded bloody awful! They should still play 'Questions and answers'. Great song.

Epsilon · November 2020

Biffy is one of those bands with surface commercial appeal and smattering of big arena tracks, but when you delve deeper into the catalogue there is some seriously weird, progressive and heavy stuff in there. Great band.

Unfortunately I think they've been badly served when it comes to some of their album production, which doesn't come anywhere close capturing the aggression and energy that you get seeing them live. The latest album isn't so bad in this respect, but Only Revolutions and Puzzle sound like the whole band is wrapped in cotton wool.

stickyfiddle · November 2020

@Epsilon agreed on the production thing. Only Revolutions is particularly "shiny" sounding to the point it point me off them when it came out. It has some really really great songs but it would be so much a better listen with a bit more edge to it.

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