THE LOWDOWN

BIG HITTERS

2020 will see the release of bass-heavy albums by a bunch of our favorite rockers, not least Biffy Clyro, whose bassist James Johnston has graced these pages a few times over the years. Their new record, their eighth in two decades, will no doubt see the Scottish trio take another step up the ladder—and it should also feature a stack of memorable bass-lines, the great advantage of any power trio.

Then there’s fellow Scotsmen, whose frontman, leader and bassist Justin Currie has been doing acoustic stuff in between the main band’s activities; it’ll be good to see him wielding a Fender bass again. (Fun fact: No-one knows what the names Biffy Clyro and Del Amitri actually mean, and the musicians themselves aren’t telling.)