the klaxons - myths of the near future

uh, james ford from simian mobile disco produced this

They are Gaye Bykers On Acid, and in 5 years time, everyone in the world will realize this.

I'm not trying to be a dick - I haven't even heard this album, but I think that "Golden Skans" song is pretty catchy and sounds nothing like what is described in Lex's piece at all - but, I mean this seriously - what parts of that review are "funny"? Do you mean in an "I don't like this band that magazines are hyping up, and I am pleased to see my feelings confirmed in print" kind of way, or was there something actually funny in this review?

Agreed.

Klaxons in 1992 = Carter/Ned's/Jesus Jones/EMF (except more fashionable, not so good songs). New Rave? New Fraggle more like (except again, not so good!).

I pity anyone except the very naive falling for this shit. Seriously, I don't like feeling old either but I'm not THIS desperate to feel "with it".

Spencer btw also likes Hadouken who are, astonishingly, EVEN WORSE!

Great quote from the end of the review. You know, I hate to say things like, "It's true." But it's true. Most indie DJs here in the US, ready to jump on anything Kitsune or Nu Rave, just come off as a bunch of smarmy bastards trying to avoid the fact that they need Rogaine by pimping this terrible music to 19 year old girls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHG-Ye0uwhU

However, this song clearly rules:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYQJ9b-C3j0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAO1nadsrgQ

http://www.myspace.com/klaxons

"I literally read that book and put it into practice," said Reynolds when I talked to him. "I took direct instructions from it, if you like. Get yourself a studio, get a groove going, sing some absolute nonsense over the top, but a breakbeat behind, it and you're away! That's what I did! That's genuinely it. I read that, I noted down the golden rules of pop, and applied that to what we're doing and made sure that that always applies to everything we do."

So the story of this band is they are cynical indie dudes who took rave symbols as their gimmick because that's what a manual told them to do. it makes me kinda despise them.

Worst Mercury winner ever?

i don't really like them, but no

I think even the Klaxons may have trouble competing with the mighty double-whammy that was Gomez and Talvin Singh.

I'd say that Gomez album was better than this. The Talvin Singh album is... very fucking boring, granted, but... at least it's not offensive.

And Badly Drawn Boy the year after too.

this album sounds even better removed from the hype of nu-rave surrounding its release. would love to hear a psych record from them.

their album was a little patchier than i'd hoped but the singles are out-and-out classics, and there are some good album trax

I'm not a huge fan but that Gomez album weren't bad. Sorry to lapse like this but it's true. Also, boooo to Klaxons' record company; let the kids dream! I don't like their music but I'll defend their right to be a little more ambitious to the death. Even if the end results are grisly inna Kasabian stylee

Besides, after Late Of The Pier so comprehensively shit all over them I'm feeling a little sorry for Klaxons

The Glastonbury set I saw from them (one of two they played that weekend) served as a cautionary tale about not hyping potentially talented bands way above their station from the very first release. They were visibly floundering on a stage they'd been brought to too early.

I have a feeling they'll be consigned to the dustbin of "lol what were we all thinking" around the time they get round to actually making a good record.

(Actually that was a bit of an across-the-board problem with that festival, weather aside. Lol the Killers headlining with their mediocre second album).

And this apparently, is what they said:

But executives at Polydor Records were less than impressed with the tracks' mind-bending sound - and have refused to release the disc until the group reworks the songs.

Frontman Jamie Reynolds says, "We've been asked to re-record part of the album because we've made a dense, psychedelic record.

"We've made a really heavy record and it isn't the right thing for us - I understand and know that.

"First and foremost, we're a pop band. I haven't thought about that for a long time, and now it's in the forefront of my mind.

I really don't know how to react to that.

he sounds like a fella whose balls are in a vice

Results 1 - 10 of about 51 for "fuck you, polydor". (0.58 seconds)

OH NOES THE POOR LAMBS

Maybe the label told them to get someone really bankable like MIA or Tinchy Stryder on a track?

Do y'all reckon that in -0h, ten years time - ILX will be all a twitter at the imminent release of the great lost Klaxons 'psychedelic' album? is this a long term viral marketing scam?

"Lost psychedelic album"? Who do they think they are, Blur? Fuck off and go away already.

*praying for leak of lost psych mp3s*

if they have any bottle they'll release their intended version anyway

if they have any bottle

See above.

Did we talk about this already?

Klaxons Sound Off on New Album: 'The Most Violent British Record to Date'

This is going to be so, so shit.

Yeah, the signs aren't good.

"What impressed us the most about Ross was that during our initial interview, he didn't once talk about music for the entire hour, it was all about our discovering our unique energy and essence."

Fucking hell, if I had a pound for every time I've read some shite like this about Ross Robinson I'd be posting this from the Virgin Islands

klaxons are alright imo

this will be terrible but it may produce good content in a post-bloghouse dysphoria 'what is to be done' kinda way

i bet it's not going to be as violent as me SHOOTING THEM IN THE FACE FOR HAVING THE TEMERITY TO MAKE A SECOND ALBUM

shooting them in the face with the same gun over and over again

I don't exactly know what's wrong with me, but I liked their first album when it came out and still like it.

This new one may turn out to be a disaster, who knows, I may still check it out just in case.

i liked it also

well a good portion of it

tho them working with the producer behind fucking KORN sounds a bit weird

it will be retarded if ends up as shit like "magick" instead of "golden skans" which is totally sublime

this will sound like 'battleflag' off the lo-fi allstars' first record, except shit

Of course, the first album was quite good, nevermind The Lex. This second seems a bit risky, but - as Harry Redknapp said - we'll have to wait and see.

It'll sound like the sort of squally noisy amaterish rock record that indie bands always pretend they want to make, but are actually made to cover up the fact that the great pop tune they once released was a complete fluke.

likely otm

On 25th May 2010, the band's new single "Flashover" was premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio One show. The song was then made available to listen on the band's website: http://www.klaxons.net/ The album is set for a release in the autumn and has a provisional title of Surfing The Void.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF55bRCVqJE

I had completely forgotten these guys existed.

otm

more nu-rave less punk plz

http://www.addictmusic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Surfing_The_Void_sans_sticker_WEB-300x300.jpg

Surfing the Void is the second studio album by British rock band Klaxons, set to be released on 23 August 2010 through Polydor Records. The album was produced by Ross Robinson, and was recorded in Los Angeles, California.

1. "Echoes" 3:48
2. "The Same Space" 3:12
3. "Surfing the Void" 2:37
4. "Valley of the Calm Trees" 3:17
5. "Venusia" 4:08
6. "Extra Astronomical" 3:17
7. "Twin Flames" 4:11
8. "Flashover" 5:16
9. "Future Memories" 3:43
10. "Cypherspeed" 5:08

I like what I've heard so far and LOVE the cover.

Wot no Lex review yet?

hey guys remember the klaxons?
http://www.dummymag.com/new-music/klaxons-atom-to-atom

sounds kinda like cut copy tbh

more details here: http://www.nme.com/news/klaxons/76597

can't say i'm particularly enthusiastic about hearing it. taken years to make with a bunch of different producers, it all sounds like desperate reinvention after the second record flopped

Setting their sights high with a big comeback gig too:

http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Mercury-prize-winning-Klaxons-set-gig-2-Pigs/story-20928747-detail/story.html

I saw the bass player from the Klaxons in a Vietnamese restaurant in Dalston a few years ago. I refrained from rushing over to get his autograph. Heady days though!

awright!

good grief this new record is dogshit

I think I'm one of very few people who really like their second album. The more straight up prog rock vibe definitely hit a sweet spot for me. On the new tracks they appear to have dropped the rock side completely and are going for a full on dance vibe with predictably dire results.

new shitty song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oxZNTvQwCA#t=70