06/02/2026
Calm down. BYAMPOD isn't back already. Patience, you. Instead, I'm going out of my comfort zone, because I’ve got to try and get over this whole thing about feeling self-conscious when plugging my music.
"You're a Marillion podcaster! Stop forcing this on us!".
Look, I know. I'd be irritated too.
But my new album is out today, I think it's good and I’d love people to hear it. I've been working on this for years, and - obviously - everything that we documented about our lives in BYAMPOD fed into it. And, of course, it's very music influenced by my love of Marillion.
It’s prog, so not always an easy listen. There are no short pop songs. There are three gargantuan epics and three shorter songs. I worked hard to ensure it flows, and takes you on a journey.
The video below, for the track Beginning To End, kind of tries to convey how I want each track to be open to interpretation, for listers to bring their own baggage to it.
Look, it’s prog. It’s deliberately – by design – a bit up itself. So shoot me.
Anyway. Yes. It's out today, and today is Bandcamp Friday, which means if you buy it before the end of the day Bandcamp won't take their usual cut.
Suffice to say, with BYAMPOD retiring from full-time podcasting, our Patreon isn't where it was, so even if you buy it as an act of charity, and only give it a single pity listen, it helps to support us.
Below is the link to the album and the video for one of the tracks.
Thank you in advance. I'd love to know what you think:
https://mrbiffo.bandcamp.com/album/monkey-department
Paul
Taken from the Mr Biffo album Monkey Department, available here: mrbiffo.bandcamp.com/album/monkey-department
