After an over-commercial beginning to their new album Puzzle, they seem to have returned to their roots, in an acoustic ballad reminiscent of Questions and Answers from their second long-player The Vertigo of Bliss.

The aspect of their music that was lost in the accepted musical direction of most bands has retained their individual sound that knocks everything else currently indie or rock orientated, and claims their place back on the fan’s shelf.

A stand-out track on the album, and deservedly put out as a single, Machines proves that Biffy aren’t concerned with some pretentious side project or what the commercial market will make of the band in light of previous work.

It seems that lead vocalist Simon Neil has some new life experiences from which he has drawn some new poetry that makes the music live on again; it’s all highly reminiscent of the examples set by the likes of Jeff Buckley or Elliott Smith.

Of course, no one is suggesting that Neil should head towards the solo end of the scale or take his own life - but it just shows what more can be done if the band combine efforts rather than cater for the masses.

It’s just a pity that the rest of the album couldn’t build their creativeness as much as this single track could stir within them.