Myths Of The Near Future

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Wed Apr 26 2023

3

Never heard of this. Predictions: - UK (name is a giveaway tbh) - indie rock - unremarkable - goes for an hour Ok, got the length wrong (by thanks of a 15min silent secret track that's unavailable on Spotify lol) but otherwise nailed it. Nameless mid-00s indie rock from the UK. Nothing critically bad, but consistently low-level boring. Had "indie with disco beats and mellotron" vibes in some songs. Another result of Dimery's obsession with showcasing the UK at any cost. 3/5.

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Mon Mar 27 2023

5

What a great album! This is the first time that I've heard of this band and I'm absolutely devastated it took me this long. Not only the music and vocal are great, but also the album makes references to some of my favourite books! I love the atmosphere of the record, putting some postmodernistic twist in their sound, appropriate to the books quoted on the tracks. I'm only after the first listening, so my emotions are really fresh, but for sure my next weeks will be spent trying to listen Klaxons to the ground. Great start of the week!

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Wed May 03 2023

5

This rocks 4 Welp 5

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Thu Mar 30 2023

5

This is a crazy album in the best way. It’s nonstop energy.

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Wed Apr 05 2023

5

Rating: 10/10

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Thu Apr 27 2023

5

This album is perfect for psyching myself up to go back to school and out myself back into student debt. I’ll be straight up. I loved it, and I thought it was magick. Each song brought a fascinating element to the table, and I absolutely LOVE when bands just shoot for the moon and throw everything at it. My fav on the album, Gravity’s Rainbow, makes me want to both dance for 100 hours straight while climbing Mt Everest. Oh but this review isn’t over yet. If these are the myths of the near future, I can’t wait to see what the myths of the distant future are. Now the review is over.

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Thu Apr 27 2023

4

We’re fragments of fiction!!! This was really up my alley. I hadn’t heard any of this and will revisit. I love that the songs all sound different and add to the overall listening experience. I want to say that it’s “proggy” but I don’t really know what that means. The musicians are talented. Thank you.

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Thu Apr 27 2023

4

Enjoyed most of this. Will definitely re-visit in the near future.

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Mon Apr 17 2023

2

Meh. More brit-pop techno-disco-electro shit. Nothing special and not on the level of anything anyone would say you must hear before you die. 2/5

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Thu Apr 27 2023

4

My first listen I was unimpressed but this one grew on me. They have kind of an unusual sound but it comes together into some pretty decent songs that sort of mix punk with a bit of Gorillaz and maybe some avant-garde or something. Competent musicianship all around and creative songwriting. A low point is definitely Isle of Her, which I find to be kind of boring and a bit too heavy on the weird factor. The other dud is Four Horsemen which I find is just a bit too intense that it loses out on the intricate sound the other tracks have. Also it doesn't have a melody since they just sort of yell the lyrics, and the song misses that. These two low points are easily outweighed by the good work on the rest of the album however. My highlight is probably the intro to Atlantis to Interzone, where that vocalization noise in your left ear and the siren in your right ear sounda chaotic but quickly resolve into the beat of the song. Really nice stuff.

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Thu Apr 27 2023

4

I had never heard of these guys. Enjoyed this album from start to finish.

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Sun Mar 26 2023

3

Reminds me of Bloc Party, but at a lower level.

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Thu Apr 06 2023

3

Not bad. I knew a couple of tracks. I gotta feeling they’re underrated but hey.

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Mon Apr 24 2023

3

Ok

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Thu Apr 27 2023

3

This sounds like something produced by ChatGPT after I ask it to make an album combining the sounds of the 20 most popular post-2005 indie rock bands. And that’s a good thing.

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Fri Apr 28 2023

3

It's a good album and the band probably would have been fun to see live. But is there really anything exceptional or groundbreaking about it? I've heard loads of bands doing very similar things and frankly, these guys seemed a little late the dance-punk party. I'd pick The Rapture's Echoes over this one personally. That doesn't mean it's a bad album. Not at all. I enjoyed it all the way through for what it is. I just don't know that it's interesting enough to be on this list.

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Wed May 10 2023

2

2.4 - Noisy, headache-inducing electro-pop vomit reminiscent of Franz Ferdinand but without a single solid hook. In fact, I'd say every hook attempt fails miserably. To name just a few: the "come with me, we'll travel to infinity" line on "Gravity's Rainbow", the "light the bridges with the lantern..." line on "Forgotten Works", and the "do what you will" line on "Magick."

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Thu May 11 2023

5

Being drawn to sci-fi postmodernist literature at the time this one came out, *Myths Of The Near Future* was bound to tick a lot of boxes for me. With a track named "Gravity's Rainbow", how could I *not* spot that debut album? It's a great and lively track by the way, whose lyrics are only vaguely indebted to Thomas Pynchon's magnum opus, thematically speaking. Yet the song would provide great opening titles if a director or a showrunner was bold enough to adapt this crazy mammoth of a novel for a TV series (or for a *dozen* theatrical films, lol). Apart from that track, many other dance-punk songs slap on this LP: "Two Receivers", "Golden Skans", "As Above So Below", "Magick", "It's Not Over Yet"... I was surprised to find out that the latter was actually a cover version of an older dance track after all these years (those liner notes on my own copy of the album are too messy, which probably explains why I couldn't read them properly). Listening to the original was a decidedly *weird* experience, ha ha. Sometimes dated and cheesy arrangements can hide great songs, I guess... Speaking of "dated arrangements", *Myths Of The Near Future* is admittedly very much of its time as well. Yet Klaxons' music was eccentric and original enough to set them apart from the other dance-rock / landfill indie bands of the late naughts. It all boils down to the melodic earworms the band keeps piling up through their elated pop vocals, along with their bizarre synth hooks, rumbling distorted basslines and drilling, noisy guitars. And there are all the literary references sprinkled throughout the album, too. Such literate eccentricity is a plus that makes this record far more relatable than other forays into that overall dance-punk genre. Too bad a lot of people are unable to feel that in the reviews here. To put it in a nutshell, *Myths Of The near Future* is one of the best releases of 2007 (a year where a lot of bland stuff was singled out by the music press, unfortunately). My overall grade for it is 4.5/5, but given how criminally low their score currently is, I'm gonna round that grade up to a perfect 5. Next, please. Number of albums left to review: 563 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 212 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 102 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 127

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Mon Jun 05 2023

5

Even though the last couple songs don’t live up to the rest of the album, the album as a whole kicks ass. It’s just one of the purest forms of 2000s alt rock short of the arctic monkeys I’ve heard in a while. The run of songs from golden skans to forgotten works is just excellent.

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Wed Jun 07 2023

5

What a nice surprise that was. Some say that rock is dead, certainly it doesn't dominate, but bands like Klaxon take rock into this century with aplomb. It's noticeable that they take us on a journey from obvious rock to stuff which is a little more electronic, a bit more dance oriented. Yet I think the last few songs, which feature some killer bass work, actually rock harder while bringing on the funk.

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Sat Jun 10 2023

5

This. This is what I came here for. To discover new, great music. "Myths of the Near Future" comes out swinging and never lets up. The energy is contagious, the songs are hooky, and the production is top-notch. It was an immediate repeat play for me. Just great. Can't believe I'd never heard of Klaxons before. They're certainly on my radar now.

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Wed Jul 05 2023

5

Accompaniment of mental decay...

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Tue Jul 18 2023

5

One of my favourite albums, favourite songs are 'Two Receivers,' 'Atlantis to Interzone,' 'Golden Skans,' 'As Above So Below,' 'It's Not Over Yet' and 'Magick'

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Fri Jul 28 2023

5

Non-stop energy! Super cool listen. Screw it… 5 stars.

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Wed Aug 09 2023

5

Sunny weather driving music. Not too hot on the late 2000’s indie explosion but this one is an exception.

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Fri Aug 11 2023

5

I'm a sucker for anything that's obviously influenced by and holds reverence for good speculative fiction. I was worried that the music itself wouldn't match those high expectations, but it absolutely did. I'll be checking out the rest of their catalog. Best track: Magick

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Fri Sep 15 2023

5

The first three songs really catch your attention. I especially like the way they change up the styles and production – going all clubby-with-sirens-samples-guitars-and-screams on Atlantis to Interzone followed by the infectious pop of Golden Skans, which apparently has been many times covered and used in TV commercials, not surprisingly. The lesser-known tracks that follow are maybe not as hit-worthy but are still catchy, innovative and well-produced: they get the most out of three vocalists (Isle of Her and Forgotten Works are good examples). I put a lot of weight on The Mercury Prize, especially from that era. We could do worse than listening to MP winners and runners up for the rest of our lives. The fact that this beat out “Back in Black” is saying something. The LP apparently got mixed reviews from the critics, mostly due to the fact that they weren’t rave enough to be labelled New Rave. That’s okay by me.

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Fri Sep 15 2023

5

Good shit, man. Klaxons is one I certainly knew of but not particularly well. I remember Golden Skans and It's Not Over Yet being radio staples in 2007-2010; they were definitely a British indie staple amongst the likes of Arctic Monkeys, The Wombats, etc. Either way, this is an album that still slaps today. It has that element of distortion and danceability that keeps my attention throughout. Even the big one of this album, Golden Skans, is a total bop again now, even if it got a ridiculous amount of airtime back when it was released. Also, massive nostalgia for those Yamaha PSR "DJ" samples - Surely that keyboard voice was the bane of any music teacher in the 90's and 00's. I'd not really heard Atlantis to Interzone before but it slaps. Didn't realise how hard this album could get. Additionally, is it bad that it was only fairly recently that I found out It's Not Over Yet is a cover? Favourite: Golden Skans

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Fri Mar 24 2023

4

I was expecting to hate this, but I did not.

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Thu Apr 13 2023

4

Very good

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Thu Apr 27 2023

4

Really cool album. Musically fun - had me bobbin my head. Atlantis to Interzone is my fav track.

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Sun May 21 2023

4

Energetic but kinda derivative

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Tue Jun 20 2023

4

Rock. Salvo la tomadura de pelo del último tema, interesante.

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Wed Jun 21 2023

4

I’d like to love this but I’m not quite there. A couple of great singles but non of the other album tracks really grabbed me. Of that time but just not as catchy as MGMT- interesting to read that this album came out first though.

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Wed Jun 28 2023

4

Pretty good. I'd heard like one of these before. Not amazing. Amanda liked the first song but not really the rest.

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Tue Jul 04 2023

4

Found this one by way of a Justice live show that sampled the blaring horns from 'Atlantis,' and bumped it a good deal through undergrad. I think this album works pretty well by taking the standard Brit rock template (a big dramatic chorus, narrative building in the verses) and dressing it in abrasive, out-there textures/instrumentation. Not every crashing guitar or electronic element works and some tracks do drag a bit, but there's no denying the absolute forward momentum this LP has as it careens through 36 minutes of maximalist fun.

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Fri Jul 14 2023

4

Kept

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Sat Jul 22 2023

4

Cet album aurait pu être un véritable baise-gueule s'il n'avait pas été gâché par ces infatigables bruits de klaxons et autres menaces échangées entre automobilistes.

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Wed Jul 26 2023

4

Good sound, I like the intensity. Kind of surprised I didn't know about this band. The "new rave" label is inaccurate in my opinion, but apparently became part of the culture of the live shows with glow sticks and such. Makes me think of Grizzly Bear, with the seriousness and rigor of the sound. I could definitely get into this band.

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Wed Aug 23 2023

4

This album is really cool sounding, it feels like nothing else I've ever heard. Sure, that does equate to a lot of it just coming off as harsh noise and not something I'd listen to casually all the time, but this does feel like a natural evolution of much of the music that was being made out of the UK in the 90s and early 00s. It's like some really heavy metal, but lightened up with some alternative dust and synths to make it more appealing, and it works. Could see myself liking this more on a future listen, so I'll get ahead of the curb and give this a solid score now.

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Sat Aug 26 2023

4

3,5 ster. Ik maak er 4 van omdat ik de laatste tijd veel crap heb gehoord in deze lijst.

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Sat Aug 26 2023

4

Leuk album! Eindelijk weer eens een plaat waar ik wat energie van krijg.

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Sat Aug 26 2023

4

Kan bijna niet geloven dat dit alweer 16 jaar oud is. Ik deelde de passie voor dit plaatje met wijlen Xander! Tof om weer te horen.

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Sat Mar 25 2023

3

I'm surprised that I've never listened to this as a whole - it was when I was most into music, it's totally the sort of thing I would've been into then, and I knew all the singles (and quite liked them). Listening to it now, it's aged... okay... I guess? There are bits of it that still work, but others that feel like proper teenage pseudo-intellectualism (referencing all the stuff that you were supposed to read to seem clever but not too academic back then), and it gets a bit cringey. But, the music is still really good if you don't listen too hard! Golden Skans is the one that everyone knows, but It's Not Over Yet is probably my favourite. Was wavering between a 3 and a 4, but the fifteen minute silence mid-way through the last track tips it down into 3 territory (particularly given that neither half is any good).

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Thu Mar 30 2023

3

The songs were actually quite musically interesting, and some tracks low-key slapped. Like I enjoyed Isle of Her. However, there was too much screaming for my liking and some stuff was weirddd

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Wed Apr 05 2023

3

First two songs are standouts, the rest unfortunately gets worse, but it's still okay for a benevolent 3

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Wed Apr 05 2023

3

It's pretty good but also fairly forgettable sadly

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Wed Apr 05 2023

3

Maybe it's just because I listened first thing in the morning when I was still waking up, but it was just a bit much for me. I like music that has a good energy, but this was a bit over the top, kind of frantic feeling. Not bad, but I wish they would tone it down a little and add some space between the notes. 3 stars.

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Thu Apr 06 2023

3

Cool sound 3/5

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Fri Apr 14 2023

3

Some top rave type tunes, but also some dross

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Sun Apr 23 2023

3

3 stars

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Wed Apr 26 2023

3

kooky indie!

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Thu Apr 27 2023

3

This album was enjoyable- had some interesting sounds.

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Thu Apr 27 2023

3

These guys are alright.

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Tue May 09 2023

3

Pretty up and down. Some songs tend to be pretty challenging to listen to... the rave element seems to add a wall of electronic buzz at times... not all of it is effective for me. Songs like As Above So Below and It's Not Over Yet are really strong, though there's a few too many songs I'd want to skip if i was listening to it more.

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Tue May 09 2023

3

pretty decent album. a bit eclectic at times, but very listenable.

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Wed May 10 2023

3

Another Mercury Prize winner that is kinda dull.

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Fri May 12 2023

3

It’s creative, it’s unique, it sufficiently rocks, and it has Indy vibes. I think some of the music could grow on me with a few listens or so, but it doesn’t necessarily pique my interest off the bat.

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Mon May 15 2023

3

Pretty good!

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Fri May 26 2023

3

It's a bit samey but other then it was rather enjoyable

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Tue May 30 2023

3

Klaxons name something that is an instantly-my-bag taste. Myths opens with a sound palette that makes utter sense for '07, and leaves the weird ending open.

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Tue May 30 2023

3

For the most part pretty bland pop-rock. A few tracks stand out by including more new wave or eurodance elements.

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Tue May 30 2023

3

Not a bad listen. Some interesting stuff here. If I were a fan id Be constantly reminding folks when there's 7 miles To go in our trip

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Wed May 31 2023

3

Pretty sure I know who The Killers listened to growing up.

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Wed Jun 07 2023

3

Feels like part of the British new wave of rock from the 2000s while also getting a bit more weird and wooly. Sometimes it works and hits hard. Sometimes it’s abrasive and my ears are sad.

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Sat Jun 10 2023

3

Indie rock anglais qui se démarque un peu des autres band de ce style dans cette liste. 3.5

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Sun Jun 11 2023

3

A fun TRIP back to 2007. I remember them being a welcome relief after a glut of very serious English bands the hits the record company conveyer belt around that time

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Thu Jun 15 2023

3

kinda liked it but kinda not in the mood so 3 for benefit of the doubt!

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Thu Jun 15 2023

3

indie rock 3.4/5 ok to listen to but fairly generic

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Fri Jun 16 2023

3

pretty good

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Thu Jun 22 2023

3

I'm thoroughly enjoying the bouncy energy that album just breathes. I'm a big fan of their lyrical flirtation with the mystical and sci-fi. Musically it reminds me of a lot of bands I really like, from TV On The Radio to Arctic Monkeys and from Infidels to Franz Ferdinand. So why is this album not clicking with me? It's got all the ingredients to be an evergreen on my playlists. But 4 listens over the last 24 hours, in my living room to dance, on my headphones to listen, and again while driving, it never got further than a little headnodding and appreciating the lyrics. Can't explain it, can't put my finger on it. This album just doesn't do it for me.

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Wed Jun 28 2023

3

The literary element of this album is interesting and musically it's is fine, although the band struggles to land on a definitive focus or musical point of view. So it's kind of all over the place, but not in a way that's particularly memorable. I guess that album cover should have been taken as a warning. Fave Songs: As Above, So Below; Two Receivers; Totem on the Timeline

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Sun Jul 02 2023

3

Fine. Kinda forgettable

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Thu Jul 06 2023

3

Underrated

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Fri Jul 07 2023

3

The name for the genre "new rave" would come from a promotion for the first Klaxons show, indicating an indie rock sound merging with the dance rhythms of electroclash, not unlike LCD Soundsystem. Klaxons is always on, delivering a manic energy that feels like a constant attack with little room the breath.

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Fri Jul 14 2023

3

Poppiger Post Punk, bei dem man die ganze Zeit denkt "Hab ich irgendwo schon mal gehört". 2-3

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Mon Jul 17 2023

3

It’s ok, I suppose

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Sat Jul 22 2023

3

Les Klaxons sont très utiles pour signaler son arrviée dans le virage d'une route sinueuse de montagne, mais ne doivent en aucun cas être utilisés en ville.

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Wed Jul 26 2023

3

Very mid brit-rock. There are way better bands that do this formula better.

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Wed Jul 26 2023

3

This album vacillated between annoying and acceptable to me.

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Thu Jul 27 2023

3

Not my type of music but don't mind it thanks to the influence of Japan anisongs

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Sat Jul 29 2023

3

Interesting, never heard of this band before, but dug the chaotic vibes. Kinda like an early black midi.

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Sun Aug 13 2023

3

Fine album, but nothing blowing me away. Strong 2000s electronicky-rock sound. Pretty fast tempo throughout. Generally enjoyable, and I get a feeling that if I discovered this 10 years ago I might've been more into it, but right now I think it's perfectly ok but not outstanding. Favorite song: Golden Skans Other: Atlantis to Interzone

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Wed Aug 23 2023

3

Tykkäsin kyl tästä yllättävän paljon, vaikka olikin taas yks uus brittilevy. 3/5

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Wed Aug 23 2023

3

Tässä on jotain ihan raikasta. Tää ei oo niin masentunutta kun osa saman aikakauden muusta matskusta. Jotenkin sopivasti vinksallaan. Toisaalta taas yksi bändi loputtomasta brittimusan jatkumosta. Hitto kun olis jostain muualtakin musaa. Paljon tää kuulostaa vanhalta Arctic Monkeysilta, mutta toki Turnerin pohjois-englantilaiset suloäänet puuttuvat. 3/3

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Wed Aug 23 2023

3

Album varier. Nouveau style musique jamais entendu. Vraiment pas mauvais 7/10

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Sat Aug 26 2023

3

Tof album, vooral dat Golden Skans is echt super catchy!

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Sat Aug 26 2023

3

Dat was best leuk. Herkenbare sound, wel een beetje veel van hetzelfde

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Thu Aug 31 2023

3

Cute album

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Sun Sep 03 2023

3

OK album, lots of noise, I've heard better from this band.

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Tue Sep 05 2023

3

Pretty enjoyable when I was listening to it, but as I sit here now I would be hard pressed to tell you a single song, melody, or anything. I'm giving it a 3 for now and apparently I need to spend more time with it to make a more fair assessment.

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Wed Sep 06 2023

3

Pretty good tbf

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Thu Sep 07 2023

3

Interesting sound but ultimately not memorable enough for more than 3 stars

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Fri Sep 15 2023

3

The combination of production quality and their attitude were making this a winner for the first few songs and this was heading towards a 4. Production capabilities improved so much by 2006 that the producers can really make an album sound good - especially on headphones. The album stopped working by the last half. It sounded too repetitive and the high pitched background vocals started to wear on me.

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Sun Sep 17 2023

3

Some decent 2000s indie-pop. I was a little concerned when I saw the spotify bio say they called themselves nu-rave but it wasn't as bad as that.

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Sat Mar 25 2023

2

weird but entertaining. 2 stars.

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Sat Mar 25 2023

2

This was more interesting than I expected but that style of music has already grated on me and the vocals are terrible. There's just enough interesting hooks and composition to make it worth persevering through but I wouldn't say I liked it. Even Not Over Yet isn't as good as the original or several cover versions, though it's a fair attempt at doing something a bit different with it. Probably gets a 2 as most of my 3s are more listenable.

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Sat Mar 25 2023

2

Hadn't heard it before and turns out that was actually a fine state of affairs. The songs are repetitious both internally within each song and all together song to song. None of the tracks evoked either emotion or motion in me. I could feel Gravity's Rainbow trying to have some energy towards the end of the song but then Forgotten Works smothered that momentum straight away. One of the longer 36 minutes I've spent on this project. Straight mediocre 2.5.

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Sun Mar 26 2023

2

Atlantis To Interzone still sounds great (rave) but unfortunately stands out on a rather unremarkable album (no rave). Bought this album in 2007 or so, after hearing the Soulwax remix of Gravity's Rainbow, and felt rather disappointed when listening to the flat original.

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Mon Mar 27 2023

2

Not unpleasant, just average. Nothing special. I'll never play it again and probably wouldn't recognise it if I heard it again.

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