Biffy Clyro @ Corn Exchange, 21 Aug

Article by Becca Pottinger | 26 Aug 2009

Mancunian quintet Oceansize and their self-proclaimed progressive death indie live up to their name. It takes a good four songs of predominantly new material to break through the near-cultish sell-out swarm of the Corn Exchange and the collective beery baritone chants of “Mon the Biff". That said though, once they’re in they’re in. Their gutsy frenetic peaks lay a happy tinnitus undercoat for the heavyweight acrylic intro of Biffy Clyro’s new single That Golden Rule. Launching straight in to a hallmark spate of sardonically Ayrshire topless revelry, Simon Neil comes up for air after Joy.Discovery.Invention to clarify that he’s “pretty rusty”. If so, it goes virtually unnoticed. Glitter and Trauma and Mountains command some gloriously unsavory crowd surfing, culminating in disarmingly visceral closer Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies. If this one’s anything to go by, getting tickets for the upcoming November tour is going to be far from easy.

Played as part of The Edge Festival 2009.

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