kind of cool: Review: Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future

By now, everyone, including your mother, has heard of Klaxons (not The Klaxons as I've seen some people type). Klaxons are actually three geeky looking guys (like all the coolest rock stars these days) and they come from London. Thanks to these lads we also have a subculture called "New Rave" these days. I even saw an article in a mainstream fashion magazine about this a few days ago, that's how bad it's gotten. Okay, now this post is not about new rave as a phenomenom (an excellent post about it here) but about Klaxons' new album which actually is a good debut, no matter how much I would like to hate it.

Now Atlantis To Interzone and Gravity's Raindow (it came out on Kitsune originally!) were really huge indie hits, and that's how they got a record deal with Polydor. On Polydor these guys have released two singles, Magick (UK 26#), and Golden Skans (UK 7#, their most commercial sounding single thusfar, in my opinion at least).

Anyway, to some peoples' disappointment, and some peoples' joy, I must say that underneath all the colourful clothing and extra NME hype lies a surprisingly ordinary rock album. Golden Skans could become a huge mainstream hit in 2007, and As Above, So Below is so conservative it could be from the up-coming Kaiser Chiefs album. Not to mention Totem On The Timline, that is so straightforward it could be Arctic Monkey's new single.

Overall, Myths Of The Near Future is a nicely balanced consistent record with a very few weak moments. The ending track Four Horsemen Of 2012 is something that I would have preferred as an internet bonus track or something though. The surprising thing is that despite their singles they have saved their finest moment to the album. The song I'm talking about is actually a cover of Paul Oakenfold's Grace's It's Not Over Yet.

Take a listen to it here guys. It's one of my favourite tracks of 2007 so far.
Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet (zshare, 192kb/s)

Now here's my favourite take on the remixed to death single, Golden Skans:
Klaxons - Golden Skans (SebastiAn 1.2.0 Version) (zshare, 160kb/s) (I really heart SebastiAn right now)