Scottish rock trio Biffy Clyro’s latest effort Ellipsis shot straight to No. 1 on the UK chart, and now the band is targeting its U.S. audience with the first music video from the new album to be released stateside.
Directed by Marc Klasfeld (the same man responsible for some of the famous Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slipknot and Foo Fighters videos), the short film for “Howl” is a light-hearted homage to The Shining and David Lynch that starts out with Biffy Clyro entering a bar. Events soon take a seemingly lysergic, twisted trip in which the band is surrounded by a cast of unusual characters: creepy twin sisters, burlesque dancers, a sinister, eye-patched barman and a particularly Twin Peaks-esque band. All three band members feature in bizarre reinventions.
We are particularly biased towards the shots of the tuxedo-clad band onstage with singer/guitarist Simon Neil strumming his Gretsch G6120T Players Edition Nashville. 🙂