Futique

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Futique
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Studio album by
Released19 September 2025 (2025-09-19)
Recorded2024–2025
Studio Hansa (Berlin, Germany)
Length44:32
Label Warner
Producer
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Jonathan Gilmore
Biffy Clyro chronology
The Myth of the Happily Ever After
(2021)
Futique
(2025)
Singles from Futique
  1. "A Little Love"
    Released: 11 June 2025
  2. "Hunting Season"
    Released: 30 July 2025
  3. "True Believer"
    Released: 5 September 2025

Futique is the tenth [note 1] studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Biffy Clyro. It was produced by Jonathan Gilmore and was released on 19 September 2025. The title is a portmanteau of "future" and "antique", which vocalist and guitarist Simon Neil described as "an exploration of ideas, objects or relationships that exist across time". [1]

Contents

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and reached the top 10 in Austria and Germany.

Background

The band announced the album in June 2025 with a release date of 26 September, which was later moved a week ahead. [2] [3] The lead single "A Little Love" premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 11 June, [4] and was followed-up by the singles "Hunting Season" and "True Believer", as well as "Goodbye", which was released on the same day of the album along with an accompanying music video.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Simon Neil.

Futique track listing [5]
No.TitleLength
1."A Little Love"3:38
2."Hunting Season"2:55
3."Shot One"3:30
4."True Believer"4:34
5."Goodbye"3:47
6."Friendshipping"3:14
7."Woe Is Me, Wow Is You"4:46
8."It's Chemical!"4:12
9."A Thousand and One"3:34
10."Dearest Amygdala"4:29
11."Two People in Love"5:50
Total length:44:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [6]

Biffy Clyro

Additional contributors

  • Jonathan Gilmore – production, mixing, percussion, programming, synthesizer
  • Robin Schmidtmastering
  • Freddy Williams – engineering, additional programming
  • Axel Reinemer – engineering assistance
  • Brodie Griffin – engineering assistance
  • Dylan Grafftey-Smith – engineering assistance
  • Luke Gibbs – engineering assistance
  • Marian Hafenstein – engineering assistance
  • David Dlubatz – studio assistance
  • Kian Moghaddamzadeh – studio assistance
  • Sören Kleideiter – studio assistance
  • Welf Willemeit – studio assistance
  • Francesca Neil – band technician, artwork
  • Lee Birchall – band technician
  • Neil Anderson – band technician
  • Richard Pratt – band technician
  • Simon Javes – band technician
  • Richard Ingram – piano (tracks 1, 5, 7, 11)
  • Sam Swallow – strings arrangement, strings conductor (1, 5, 7)
  • Marianne Haynes – first violin (1, 5, 7)
  • Bridget O'Donnell – second violin (1, 5, 7)
  • Jonny Byers – cello (1, 5, 7)
  • Meghan Cassidy – viola (1, 5, 7)
  • Gavin Dean – strings engineering (1, 5, 7)
  • Mike Vennart – guitar (5)
  • Eva Pentel – band photo

Charts

Chart performance for Futique
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 26
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 16
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 10
Irish Albums (OCC) [11] 21
Scottish Albums (OCC) [12] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 1
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [14] 1

Notes

  1. This numbering does not include the soundtrack album Balance, Not Symmetry from 2019. See also: Biffy Clyro discography

References

  1. Brannigan, Paul (25 June 2025). ""Futique is an exploration of ideas, objects or relationships that exist across time." Biffy Clyro announce new album Futique". Louder. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. Dunworth, Liberty (25 June 2025). "Biffy Clyro announce new album 'Futique' ahead of huge Glastonbury slot". NME. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  3. Molloy, Laura (21 August 2025). "Biffy Clyro move release date and announce intimate UK acoustic tour to launch new album 'Futique'". NME. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  4. Trendell, Andrew (11 June 2025). "Biffy Clyro return with triumphant new single 'A Little Love'". NME. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  5. "Biffy Clyro On New Album 'Futique', Festivals & AI In Music 7 Of 30".
  6. "Futique / Biffy Clyro / Credits". Tidal . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  7. "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 29 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  8. "Austriancharts.at – Biffy Clyro – Futique" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Biffy Clyro – Futique" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Biffy Clyro – Futique" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  11. "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  12. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  14. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 September 2025.