NEW LP + CD
New sealed copy. Limited edition on red coloured vinyl. Includes a compact disc of A Celebration Of Endings (Live At The Barrowland Ballroom).
The Myth of the Happily Ever After is the ninth studio album by Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro, released on 22 October 2021 through 14th Floor and Warner Records. It is said to be the 'sister album' to their 2020 album A Celebration of Endings. It entered the UK album chart at number 4.
The band have said the album is a "reaction" to A Celebration of Endings and lyrically themed as "a fairly positive outlook with […] bone marrow nihilism going down inside of it", and "a rapid emotional response to the turmoil of the past year"
The lead single "Unknown Male 01" has been described as a "slow building track that explores the themes of loss". It starts with "simple yet emotional instrumentation" with "church-like organ" then proceeding to turn into a "riff-laden rock explosion", making use of "hard rock and math rock tendencies". Second single "A Hunger in Your Haunt" was described as a "punching, hard-riffing track", that "jumps between gorgeous melodies and angular yelps, expressing both sides of the band's incredibly diverse sound".
NME described the whole album as a "record defined by nuance", from "wonky electro and simmering rock of 'Separate Missions'" to the "R&B vibes" and "rock crescendo of 'Haru Urara'". DIY describes the album as having "abundant creative freedom, and Kerrang! describes "song structures [that] are subverted and arrangements are constructed with forensic care, while the level of creativity is unsurpassed".
TRACKLIST:
A1 DumDum
A2 A Hunger In Your Haunt
A3 Denier
A4 Separate Missions
A5 Witch's Cup
A6 Holy Water
B1 Errors In The History Of God
B2 Haru Urara
B3 Unknown Male 01
B4 Existed
B5 Slurpy Slurpy Sleep Sleep
A Celebration Of Endings (Live At The Barrowland Ballroom)
CD-1 North Of No South (Live)
CD-2 The Champ (Live)
CD-3 Weird Leisure (Live)
CD-4 Tiny Indoor Fireworks (Live)
CD-5 Worst Type Of Best Possible (Live)
CD-6 Space (Live)
CD-7 End Of (Live)
CD-8 Instant History (Live)
CD-9 The Pink Limit (Live)
CD-10 Opaque (Live)
CD-11 Cop Syrup (Live)
