Semi-Mental
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| Single by Biffy Clyro from the album Puzzle |
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| Released | 25 December 2006 | ||||
| Format | Digital download | ||||
| Recorded | The Warehouse Studio Vancouver, Canada The Farm Studios Gibsons, Canada |
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| Label | 14th Floor | ||||
| Writer(s) | Simon Neil | ||||
| Producer | Garth Richardson | ||||
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"Semi-Mental" is a song by Biffy Clyro and the first single from their fourth album, Puzzle, and is a download only single. It was released on 25 December 2006.
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[edit] Overview
Simon Neil has commented on the song, saying
| “ | This is our most straight-up rock song. It's about trying to numb the pain when you're feeling so sad - when you hurt so much you need an escape. Everyone has a different way of escaping.[1] | ” |
When released on iTunes, the artist was listed as Semi-Mental instead of Biffy Clyro making it harder to find and probably losing out on a lot of sales, with iTunes being the main music download site. The song was also named single of the week by Kerrang! magazine. At the beginning of the music video, the words "Play Louder" are displayed. This is a reference to Audioslave's video for "Cochise", which displays the words "Play Loud" at the beginning
[edit] Musical composition
The guitar and bass in the song is in Drop D tuning, the standard Biffy Clyro tuning, and features a beginning similar to their 2003 single, "Questions and Answers", with a wall of feedback.
[edit] Track listing
Songs and lyrics by Simon Neil. Music by Biffy Clyro.
- Digital download
- "Semi-Mental" – 3:22
[edit] Personnel
- Simon Neil – guitar, vocals
- Ben Johnston – bass, vocals
- James Johnston – drums, vocals
- Garth Richardson – producer
[edit] Notes
- ^ Kerrang! #1147, p.6
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