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This isn't a rave record. It was never supposed to be. It's a wildly varying catalogue of melody and energy that eschews genre and scene in favour of songwriting and awe-inspiringly beefy production.
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'Myths Of The Near Future' is charged with the same spirit which fuelled legendary rave pranksters The KLF's period of pop subversion.
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Along with Sounds of Silver, Myths of the Near Future is thus far the best dance (rock) album of 2007 that you can rock (dance)-out to.
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For a band that formed little over a year ago, the energy and intent of this record is thrilling and the music rarely fails their undoubtedly grand ambitions.
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MojoIt's conceived, written and designed for the loud appreciation of sweat-drenched pill-poppers at a 'nitespot' nowhere near you. And as such, it succeeds in magnificently silly style. [Feb 2007, p.100]
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You get the sense they don't know exactly what they're aiming for, and the resulting mish-mash of crude energy and unfocused ambition leaves the listener gloriously befuddled.
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If it's house music you're after then you won't like this because this (sorry to point out the bloody obvious) is something completely different. And that, as far as we're concerned, is the whole point.
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UncutKlaxons bristle with energy and ideas. [Feb 2007, p.77]
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UrbIf you're in need of hype, and think Oasis are too old and lame anyway, and the Arctic Monkeys are just kind boring, maybe you need... the Klaxons. [Apr 2007, p.106]
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Under The RadarThe biggest surprise of Myths, and what sets it apart from Klaxons’ peers like New Young Pony Club and Crystal Castles, is the strength and depth of their pop tunes. [#17, p.92]
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Entertainment WeeklyYou don't need a literature degree to appreciate the hooks and glorious, frenetic rhythms. [30 Mar 2007, p.75]
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Klaxons' lyrical pretensions, alas, can be a reminder why the best house and trance music often emphasizes atmosphere over meaning.
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Klaxons serve up Day-Glo pagan ritual and pop silliness on toast, and kids get sick on it.
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This debut can't quite capture the wide-eyed euphoria of a Klaxons live show, but readymade anthems like "Golden Skans," "Totem on the Timeline" and "Magick" will energize dance fans and rockers alike.
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Listen to the tracks that are not being released as singles and you'll see that the band truly does have something to offer outside of their super-fun-party-time aesthetic.
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Myths of the Near Future is no classic- the highs don’t come fast enough to warrant that- but it’s a solid debut release from one of the least pretentious bands around.
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It’s an immersive, art-school-bred aesthetic that, three or four times on the band’s debut album, makes for some very good music, too.
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It's a little uneven and definitely not the reinvention of music as we know it, but Myths of the Near Future is a strong enough debut to survive a level of hype that has crushed other bands, and enjoyable enough to return to when the hype dies down.
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Mostly a blast of fun.
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If it weren't for the big three singles... and the habitually contagious Golden Skans standing well above the rest of the album, there would be nothing new or interesting about Myths.
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Q MagazineTidy enough indie pop, though the glowstick remains unwaved. [Feb 2007, p.99]
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Myths of the Near Future is probably the most assured British debut since Franz Ferdinand’s self-titled.
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So eager are Klaxons to prove they're not one-trick "new ravers" that they fall into contemporary dance-rock conventions.
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While Myths of the Near Future is far from revolutionary, the creative, layered production on their debut is definitely worth checking out.
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This clearly isn’t rave, or even a reinvention of rave. They’re an indie band with a half-decent gimmick.
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Most of this album is a slapdash mess.
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On Myths, they expand their suspiciously indie-ish rock riffs with tales of centaurs ("4 Horsemen of 2012") and Cyclopses ("Isle of Her"). Glowsticks are go! Or not!
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The songs descend the same chords repeatedly and ponderously, as if the band were falling down the same flight of stairs over and over again.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 55 out of 72
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Mixed: 9 out of 72
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Negative: 8 out of 72
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ClaraP.Sep 10, 2007