Biff Byford
Saxon singer shows light and shade on debut solo record.
Two songs into Biff Byford’s first solo album, you’d be hard-pushed to find a reason why he decided to go solo and leave Saxon at home for a while when he set out. Opener echoes occasional Saxon set openers like and , while the title track lifts the riff from pretty much wholesale to underpin a (very well-spun) tale of Biff’s rise from the rough and tumble streets of Barnsley. Which, standing on the corner of a grainy northern town doing your best to keep your head down, is where it’s probably best to leave most of your preconceptions behind.
