Myths Of The Near Future

Old School Indie just playing with electronic sounds and trying any melodies. No song is more resonate of that than It's Not Over Yet. Just an indie song that you hear and forget, but I heard the significance and the trying of a song like Golden Swans and pair that with four horseman of 2012 and what a sharp distinct idea. This is a cool piece of music history who created the 2010 edm and indie sound of some of the greats MGMT TWO DOOR, Passion Pit Tame Impala the list goes on but all in all fun vibes. Iconic in a modern scene love art.

It’s not bad but there was much better electro-clash

Serviceable and certainly not bad, but the album didn’t grip my attention very much. I couldn’t shake the feeling that I’d rather be listening to Franz Ferdinand do a better job with this sound.

I dont know what was special about this. It was mid at best.

3/5

felt cringe for reasons i can’t explain but was reminiscent of a cbbc original series soundtrack

I know the kind of music I was listening to in my late teens, and I feel quite fortunate about the kind of thing that was contemporary for me then. That was much longer ago than 2007 but if it had been 2007, not only would I have likely been well into Klaxons, but I would be comfortable, nearly 20 years on, looking back on my tastes. The “new rave” label they coined may have fallen out of favour reasonably quickly, but then so did “shoegaze” and that has managed a remarkable resurgence. Most of this does exactly what music for young people should do; plenty of energy, catchy tunes, shoutiness, fun noises, songs that generally aren’t too long. They also throw in a “concept” as a bonus. Further to this, I am very pleased that their vocal style, while characterful, is never an irritant (a very real risk in this musical realm). I’ve already made it obvious that I was not really part of this scene, but this album is definitely in the upper tier of the music of this vein that I am familiar with. I can think of several of their contemporaries who I can’t be arsed with, whereas I consider this a quality album of its time that I have no problem spinning from time to time.

Good

Ok, decent.

Klaxon! Klaxon!

Pretty underwhelming. Not quite sure why this is on the 1001 list. 2/5.

2007 english dance punk, indie pop rock. Comparable to Franz Ferdinand Bloc Party and Super Furry Animals with dual singers. There are some good pop hooks in a few songs like in Golden Skans but the music is too noisy/distorted at times. Overall this album is just ok. I like the genres and the bands they're compared to but it doesn't seem to be particularly innovative or influential to me. I wouldn't have this album on the list.

There were parts of this album that were a 1 and parts that were a 5 and everything in between. Probably more high points than low but 3 seems fair. There were parts that sounded like that first arctic monkeys record and I even heard some bloc party influences. Was a fun listen from a band I’d never heard of.

5/10

Overall Rating - 3.09/5 (6.18/10). This sounds exactly like what it is: Forgettable Indie Rock of the mid to late 2000s.

Lo que me ha gustado de esta experiencia es descubrir bandas que en un cierto momento de mi vida me hubiera llevado más allá de lo obvio. More garage rock into my life.

Not a fan

6/10 - It has the known hits and also some other decent songs. It may need another listen as it can become a bit loud at times and I don't see the point of the last song's 15mins of silence

Solidly forgettable

Jamás los había escuchado. Tienen un sonido interesante y honestamente no esperaba nada de ellos pero me atraparon. Tal vez necesite un poco más de tiempo para que me gusten por completo algunas canciones pero tengo que decir que suena a lo que me gusta. Aún con eso no siento que valga 5 o 4 de calificación, es bueno pero no me encantó, tal vez un 3.5. Atlantis To Interzone suena a como si Two Door Cinema Club y Franz Ferdinand tuvieran un hijo, eso es todo lo que voy a comentar.

A bit more interesting than average rock. Still not 3. 2,4

It's okay, not very special but not terrible either.

They know what they’re doing, strong beats all around and don’t doubt the singer

Weird.

This doesn't hit it for me. Low 3

Lots of fun, low 4

I have to admit that I thought everyone agreed that Myths of the Near Future was a fantastic album. It might be because it arrived just as I was getting into music at 14 years old, but all I hear is a series of extremely fun, high energy, off kilter dance-punk songs with an interesting "nu rave" aesthetic. I love the fat, low bit-rate synths that are surely the same Casio keyboards I grew up with in school ("dig it!") The absurdist lyrics and falsetto delivery are unusual and iconically theirs. I love the fact that they are always in search of a new hook. It’s a shame that when they came to write album two they ended up taking too many drugs in a cabin in the forest. Everything they'd developed ultimately had to be scrapped when the labels were displeased, the eventual follow up album was not much to write home about either. They never quite recovered from that!

Klaxons is a low 4, the singles are bangers and sound as good as they did back then. They pull off the album tracks with a very mid 00s panache and even when the songwriting drops off a bit the vibes are there.

Its ok, a product of its time definitely - golden skans is a banger

Fairly forgettable

This is quite the throwback band here. For those who don't know, Klaxons were at the forefront of the new rave movement, an offshoot of indie rock and alternative dance that dominated the British alternative scene in the late 2000s. Though really, the movement started as an in-joke by frontman Jamie Reynolds that quickly became a youth subculture for a short while. I know for me, I remember these gents for the single "Golden Skans", which appeared on the soundtrack for European versions of the game Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits. In fact, they were featured on multiple video game soundtracks at the time. That said, how does their debut, Myths of the Near Future, hold up? Honestly, this record was really damn good. The easiest way to describe the style of this album is dance-punk with elements of electronica. Reynolds's infectious basslines, Simon Taylor's crunchy guitars, James Righton's haunting keyboards, and Steffan Halperin and James Ford's punchy drums made for manic energy throughout these songs, further bolstered by the rather pleasant two-octave vocal delivery from Reynolds and Righton. Even when the momentum is dialed back for a few tracks like "Golden Skans" and "As Above So Below", there's enough power in the performance to keep it engaging. As for the lyrics, Reynolds and Taylor get rather creative with the imagery they wanted to incorporate. After all, the album title is derived from a collection of science-fiction short stories by J. G. Ballard. As such, Klaxons made their debut with a loose concept album that touches upon themes and ideas within the genre, as the band tried to envision what the future would be like. It certainly adds a level of mystique to the record, allowing the band to get poetic, such as the way they describe rave lights on "Golden Skans", the exploration of sexual deviancy at the club on "Totem on the Timeline", or getting lost in love with someone on "Gravity's Rainbow". I'm sure the band got cheeky with their borrowing of fantastical elements, right down to casting themselves as the bringers of the apocalypse on closing track "Four Horsemen of 2012". But I consider the infused levity enjoyable, paired well with their abrasive dance-punk styling. Color me impressed with Myths of the Near Future. It's a kooky, madcap record that showcased a band going for broke from the jump. Of course, the band would move away from the sound of their debut, and later disband in 2015. If anything, this album was a fun time capsule from such a weird period for alternative music.

@shoegazesummer added Golden Skans to a collaborative playlist on highschool and I was always meh on it. The full album was fine and maybe a marginal contribution to the chill wave / indie rock scene of the late 00s early 10s

It's a weird feeling when you have to describe something that was from you were a young adult, as "of its time" in a slightly pejorative sense, because it is "of your time" and yet you must acknowledge how old it is. And yet, I think I must say that this album is "of its time". It made a mark then, but it clearly hasn't lasted as the sounds it championed has disappeared into the ether.

This is the album that did the OoooOooooOoooOoOoo Oooohhh~ song that I've heard a million times and love. But the rest of the album was a mix of hits and misses. It felt like, when it was good, it was *really* good, and when it was bad, it was *really* bad. I do appreciate them trying a musical style I feel like I don't really hear much of anymore.

Very of its time, not sure it stands up though

Golden Skan is a classic from the indie days of the 2000s. The rest of the album has some interesting songs but none of them really shine.

I liked it! the most popular song did a lot of heavy lifting though. 7/10

Some highs and lows. This was a fresh and exciting debut at the time.

Unexpected bop after bop.

(2/5) This is a Dimery special, right here. British? Check. Heavy on the electronic effects/sounds? Check. Released during a period of overhyped nonsense coming from the Isles (80s, 00s)? Check. Charted *somewhere* regardless of how small that chart was and 'critically acclaimed' (bonus points for a 'Mercury Prize'!!) Check-a-rooney! Just another pile of mediocre dogshit to throw on the growing pile. Nothing to see here aside from a confused pastiche of suboptimal sounds thrown together in the vain hope that someone will like it. Don't worry, lads. Dimery likes it. Dimery always likes it!

Had never heard of this band or album, but can attest that this is one you can definitely judge by its cover. A near miss that had some solid potential at times but just decided all too often to throw the kitchen sink at its sound. I really like several acts that they attempted at times to emulate, just never would have occurred to me to play them simultaneously and expect a decent outcome. Rounds down from a 2.5/5.

175. Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons (2007) 8.16.26 Variety: 2 Adequacy: 2 Listenability: 2 Uniqueness: 1 Emotionality: 1 = 1.6 rounded up to a 2 "(coughing and bubble sounds)" I want to say I've heard at least a couple tracks off this way back when as I think they got compared to a lot of other bands that I liked around the same time - Franz Ferdinand and the Futureheads maybe? Whatever I may have heard did not leave any lasting impression on me though. THE TRACKS "Two Receivers" - With the first track I guess I can see the frantic pacing, the possibly looped drums, and the energy all being close enough to that dance-punk post-punk revival sound I dug for a short while, but it seems much cleaner and dependent on a sort of Coldplay-ish "our music is important" kind of sound, that seems to simulate a deepness by adding piano chords as punctuation that's not entirely working for me. The choral main vocals were a bit annoying either. And to top it off the production on here makes everything feel very hollow and flat, like everything is on the same plane. Some lushness would have went a long way here. Not a great start. "Atlantis to Interzone" - Club sounds to start us off lean way harder into the dance aspects, but I found it to be a pretty clumsy transition into the song proper. The repetitive nature of the ... klaxon noise was very off putting. When that all drops out and we get the spacey almost surf guitars (echoes of Man or Astroman) come in things improve, but then the vocals become too messy. "Golden Skans" - This sounds almost like a completely different band. Much more polished and studio ready, and a decent attempt at some hooks especially with the "Ooh, ha" backing vocals. As much of an improvement as it is, it still is lacking any sort of dynamics. Where are the bass levels in this thing? Solid if a bit generic, and some awful production choices. I'm willing to bet this track was snatched up for more than a few advertising campaigns circa 2007-2008. (edit: according to the internets "The song has also been used on an ad for Garnier Fructis." - BAM!). "Totem on the Timeline" - This starts with some "Take on Me" drums, adds in some fun choppy guitars and then immediately loses me with the sneering, over-produced, faux-recorded off an old radio vocals. This is like if the Hives were a lot less melodic, and a lot less self aware. "As Above, So Below" - Some relatively clean, early 80s throwback instrumentation that puts me in mind of XTC or the like. Better vocals, maybe they've found their groove by this point, and - nope. More bizarre choices to throw garbage noises into the mix of what is otherwise a decent bit of pop. I love Radiohead and Beck, but I sometimes think they set a very bad example for bands over the next 10 years or so who all felt they had to gussy up their songs with gimmicky noise textures. Sure, why not when it's a central idea in the song or the song is about atmosphere. This is by all accounts a perfectly fine bit of throwback new wavy stuff, but in no way needs all of that. Frustrating. "Isle of Her" - A bit of an industrial beat, with some more ghostly vocals. Another good start. This is a sound I can get behind. The effects touches here are serving the song instead of acting at odds with it. That quivering synth over the chorus is a great example. And there's even an actual low end here. The echoey, slappy bass on this is giving me some Specials vibes, which is never a bad thing. Please, sir, I want some more. "Gravity's Rainbow" - Another frustrating track. A very interesting core idea here that doesn't completely get bogged down in needless effects, but once again is sounds like the stew has been put into a blender and all the interesting chunks and tecture have been evened out into a smooth, featureless slurry. "Forgotten Works" - ooh, I can hear the bass again! This one is a bit of a headnodder with the very successful beat. Lots of stuff going on and it's not entirely evenly mixed to within an inch of its life. I even dug the harmonies and here more so than most attempts before. It's a shame that the stuff that is hitting is so spread out though. "Magick" - Maybe it's just the subject matter here ( also the frenetic, panicky chorus), but I find myself being reminded of some stuff by King Gizard and the LIzard Wizard, who I think pull this sort of thing off much better, and with some facemelting guitar work on top. This was ok, but still think some massive bass ( or any bass) underneath would have added some much needed heft. "It's Not Over Yet" - This is teh one track I actually remember hearing from this album. I'm pretty sure this one actually must have gotten plenty of radio play, and is a very solid attempt at the post-punk dance punk revival sound. It's maybe the closest they have come on here to something approaching the catchy, crunchy but pop forward sound of their better peers. It is a cover though, so I can't lay the entirety of the success of this one at their feet. Original by Grace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBUT0cxtHlg "Four Horsemen of 2012" - This starts unpleasantly, gets more so, and ends on a somehow even more unpleasant note. This was much more of a middle finger of a track than anything on here, which mostly seemed like unfortunate but sincere attempts at entertainment. This however, was purposefully and painfully abrasive, and not even in an interesting or challenging way. Give me a random bit of trolling from Throbbing Gristle any day over this nonsense. HIGHLIGHTS - "Golden Skans" - "Isle of Her" - "Forgotten Works" - "It's Not Over Yet" MIDLIGHTS - "As Above, So Below" - "Gravity's Rainbow" - "Magick" LOWLIGHTS - "Two Receivers" - "Atlantis to Interzone" - "Totem on the Timeline" - "Four Horsemen of 2012" FINAL THOUGHTS Overall this just did not work for me. It's a mixed bag with some very heavy rocks weighing it down. Throughout they sounded like a band that maybe had a lot of interesting ideas that I could see working pretty well in a small live club environment. Whatever magic they have though just did not transfer over to the album format. For the most part. There were a few decidedly more radio friendly stabs but they were few and far between, and I think overall this was a failure of production and a poor realization of whatever good ideas teh band might have had. There's a 3 star album buried under all the detritus and mad mixing. Unfortunately we're not dealing with what-ifs here, so... PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS FURTHER LISTENING - Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand - The Futureheads by The Futureheads - Experiment Zero by Man or Astroman - Tyrannosaurus Hives by The Hives - PetroDragonic Apocalypse by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

This album was a bit of a mess. A clumsy ambitious mess. Never heard of Klaxons before in any regard. They reminded me some of the other mid-2000s British bands we’ve encountered on this list, which so far has not been pleasant listening for the most part. I read these guys tried to avoid electronic music and strived to achieve the sound they were going for with guitar, bass, and keyboard. This appeals to me. As does the literary bent to the concepts and songwriting. Early on in this album I found myself enjoying the tracks. The second half stalled out. From the track, “As Above, As Below” through “Forgotten Works”the albums just dropped for me. This is quintessentially a 2.5/5 that I won’t round up seeing how “Myths of the Near Future” beat “Back to Black” by Amy Winehouse for the 2007 Mercury Prize. 🤨 Seriously?

En ole ikinä kuullutkaan Klaxonsista enkä oikein mitä tämä on mutta ihan sama, tämä on aivan helkutin hyvä! Ehkä kaukaa haettua mutta kohkaaminen ja tietty musiikillinen säännöistäpiittamattomuus tuo mielleyhtymiä System of a downiin. Älyttömän kovaa soittoa, etenkin basso-rumpu -osasto. Kovia biisejä, joissa hyvin vaihtelevuutta ja näin albumi pysyy erittäin mielenkiintoisena alusta loppuun. Erittäin positiivinen uusi tuttavuus, tämä pariin palataan ehdottomasti uudestaan. 4/5

This is what people REALLY love about 2007..But I'm 2010

que rockinho gostoso e nostalgico omg teria sido o maior hit por aqui se eu conhecesse na minha época indiezinha

Didn’t sound anything like klaxons…

2007. Debut album. Pioneering nu-rave band.

Pretty energetic English indie rock. Miles better than the Brit pop albums ive gotten lately. Some tracks at every chaotic. They play well at work but show their age a bit. Good overall. 3.5 stars, rounding up to 4

Never heard this one before- I’d go back and listen again

Cool but repetitive

5/10 No es malo, pero muy raro. Sonidos que pueden ser medio molestos y no me termina de cerrar

Like the previous album I had, it feels a bit inconsequential. This one was quite a good album though. It just gets gradually noisier and crazier as it goes. Struggle to think of any songs that stood out, as one does after 800+ albums. The whole experience was pretty nice however. Dance Punk-esque music that seems very of the era.

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Dadaist gibberish lyrics over hipster indie dance punk. I wouldn't call it essential, but it does manage to differentiate itself from other indie acts of the time. Even as someone who loves high concept prog and electronica, I wouldn't say that I liked this much. They tried to execute post modernism indie music, and it was meh. Feels like a band that references books they never actually got around to reading. But I can see why it would appeal to pretentious music critic with a heavy British bias.

TBH, I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to this one. A few parts did catch my interest for a moment, though. Gonna stick a pin in it and give it a more thorough listen later.

this is really good, but there's nothing here to make me think it belongs on this list.

A cool album from the 00’s. I don’t know if I ever heard much else from them, but I was entertained.

A lot of these albums start out strong for me and finish weakly. This was the opposite. Enjoyed the last 3 tracks. 3.5/5

Another mid 2000s rock album that has now been relegated to background music In Kohl’s commercials.

muy olvidable para pertenecer a esta lista, tampoco lo vi en la edicion del libro original asique no sé en qué momento lo añadieron

I forgot this album existed, another super nostalgic one for me Fav songs: It’s Not Over Yet, Gravity’s Rainbow, Golden Skans

I've never heard of this band. It was fine. I'll probably listen to it again, but nothing really stood out to me the first time I listened to it

This was quirky and interesting in places. Towards the end it started sounding a little repetitive/same tone. I liked the song “Echos” from their next album that Spotify rolled into when this album was over. May revisit both albums.

As if Franz Ferdinand accidentally stumbled into a rave with Klaxons on stage, only to realize: “damn…these guys do it way better than us.”

I enjoyed this and found myself going back a couple times. I also plan to check out more of the band. I remember Golden Skans when it came out and thought the whole album was solid and quite listenable. Not necessarily a break out tune that would have me rate higher but very listenable front to back. 3.25

Atlantis to Interzone and Golden Skans would pop up running playlists back in the day (the day when I could go for a run without my body hurting). Solid bangers for a jog, not so much for a commute to work. A nice nostalgia trip. 3.5/5

I'd heard the name before but I always assumed they're a metal band (or maybe I'm confusing them with Kreator). This is just early 00s British indie. But I do like it. Surprised I'd never heard any of their music before, I guess they're not popular in my circles 3/5

Mit "Myths of the Near Future" lieferte das Londoner Trio um Jamie Reynolds, James Righton und Simon Taylor 2007 den Gründungstext einer kurzlebigen, aber prägenden Bewegung: New Rave. Aufgenommen in den Premises Studios und den Parkgate Studios, abgemischt in den Strongrooms, erschien das Debüt bei Polydor und verband kantige Post-Punk-Gitarren mit den Nachhall-Effekten früher Neunziger-Rave-Kultur – ein Sound, der so hyperaktiv wie kalkuliert wirkte. Songs wie "Golden Skans", "Atlantis to Interzone" und "It's Not Over Yet" tragen das Album mit einer Dringlichkeit, die selten in Berechnung umschlägt. James Fords Produktion hält die Balance zwischen Chaos und Kontrolle; die Referenzen an Ballard, Burroughs und Pynchon geben dem Ganzen einen literarischen Überbau, der dem Party-Impuls der Musik nie im Weg steht. Im Rückblick wirkt das Album wie ein Zeitkapsel-Dokument seiner Szene – schrill, manchmal überdreht, aber mit einer Energie, die auch fast zwei Jahrzehnte später kaum verpufft ist. Der Mercury Prize 2007 war kein Zufallstreffer, sondern eine folgerichtige Anerkennung seiner Eigenständigkeit. Ein Album, das seine Gegenwart lauter feierte, als es die Zukunft ahnen ließ.

Very cool album that sounded like a mix of indie darlings tv on the radio, lcd soundsystem and others.

Solid Indie album!

Another attempt to push really bad British Bands as if they’re still remotely relevant. This album wasn’t available on Apple Music (that’s a red flag) so I was obliged to listen on YouTube and the best parts of the album were the Ads on YouTube. What a POS this album is.

Forgettable is the term that first comes to mind. There are many more interesting albums from this time period, even within the genres it has on there. 2/5

A few highlights like Not over Yet, Golden Skans (can see why they pucked those as singles), Isle of Her. Overall though I wouldn't ever be coming back to this one

No takie nic ciekawego. Typowy brytyjski indie rock lat 2000'. 2

6/10. La primera vez que lo escuché no me pareció muy bueno, los sonidos me parecían agresivos y sin sentido, como un rock moderno básico. Cuando lo escuché más veces me parecio lo mismo, pero le agarré el gustito. Sube muchos puntos para hacer ejercicio.

N. 16 The first songs fade into the background, their not exactly boring just not all that interesting. The second half is a lot better. I became excited about the album on 4 horsemen of 2012 - best song for sure. 3,17/5

First time listening to a klaxons album and I really enjoyed it. Will definitely spin this one again.

Somewhere in between muse and queens of the Stone Age. I don’t particularly like muse. I particularly like queens. It rides that line that so many tried to in the late 00’s of trying to merge electronics and heavier rock that led us to so much bad music in the 10’s, but this isn’t bad! It’s pretty good! I don’t know when I would want to listen to this ever again but I did enjoy the whole listen.

Sin interés. No hay ninguna canción destacada. Mezcla del siglo 21.

I'm a sucker for secret tracks at the end of records. I'm mixed on this album. A lot I enjoyed, some was too harsh. What I liked I liked a lot, but it also grated on me the same way that other mid naughties indie grates on me. There's a sound that's too clean to be really raw but too raw to be enjoyable.

5/5 Favorite Song: Two Receivers

Solidly fine.

I knew Golden Skans and their cover of It's Not Over Yet but had never listened to anything else by them because the new race tag was a bit off-putting. Three albums and 30 odd songs across eight years seems a bit unproductive compared to contemporaries like Bloc Party or Foals. The music is fine but does seem a bit thrown together which seems even more hard to fathom given their unhurried work rate.

Forgettable to say the least. I mean, I already forgot.

Enjoyable punky album. Might come back, might not.

I do like it. This was an English dance rock style band that I had never listened to. It reminds me of Does It Offend You, Yeah?. I was getting tired of the noise by the end of the album.

Vamos hoy con unos desconocidos, que me suenan a bandas más actuales pero en el 2007. Es un indie un poco sucio, que va bien de fondo y me recuerda a Franz Ferdinand y de a ratos, Arctic Monkeys (Magick es el mejor ejemplo). Me gustó, mas no me voló el marote. Queda guardada como banda a seguir escuchando. Lamento su corta vida, nada más. Hasta mañana

Didn't hate it, didn't love it. Paid attention and thought it was decent.

I regret dismissing this album as "bank manager at topman" music - it was actually a very fun listen. :)

Didn't know of the group before. I really enjoyed how noisy and weird it was

Kind of intriguing? Not sure I’d choose to listen again but it was OK

2010s indie slop, of which there was a lot

Generic Indy

Not awful; not great. Kinda noisy and annoying at times.

Some cool spacey indie industrial vibes. Similar to what I would expect on some Gorillaz tracks.

I thought it was INTERESTING *said in Tim Robinson*

I liked this and the radio that it provided on Spotify

New rave

Didn't know the band but liked the album from the first song. Nice.

i kinda liked it 3.5stars really

Album #143 — Klaxons, Myths of the Near Future ⭐⭐ Sometimes, as a listener, you need to bring your A-game to an album and give it every chance to win you over. Today, I am hungover. I’m tired, and this is not the album I needed, so my review is probably slightly coloured by that. That said, I still don’t think this is my type of music. Klaxons were big when I was in school, so I recognised a good few of these songs. I’ve always loved “Golden Skans”, even back then, but a lot of the rest never really clicked with me, and they still don’t. I just don’t think this is a particularly great album. It feels quite amateurishly played at times. There’s not a huge amount of musicianship on display. The strongest thing about it is probably the vocal melodies, but the vocals themselves are kind of annoying. They’ve got this laddish, accented delivery that I don’t really like. It feels like lad music in a way, and that’s just not a style I naturally gravitate towards. I also found a lot of it really obnoxious. The huge crashing synths and air-horn style sounds are constantly in your face. “Atlantis to Interzone” is among the most obnoxious songs I’ve ever heard. I genuinely thought it was awful, and because it comes so early, it really spoils the first half of the album. It’s indie pop, pumped full of sugar and red bull and is as manky as head shop drugs. It reminded me of being back in school, and I didn’t particularly enjoy that reminder. There are good moments. “Golden Skans” is still a great song, and “It’s Not Over Yet” is another highlight. The singles are comfortably the strongest songs here. Lyrically it’s fine, and I do like the futuristic theme running through the album, although we’re living in Klaxons’ future now, and it isn’t nearly as exciting as they seemed to imagine. Then there’s the closing track, “Four Horsemen of 2012”, with its 15 minutes of silence. I thought maybe they were going for an “Endless, Nameless”, so I skipped through all the silence hoping for something worthwhile. Instead, it’s just a few small electronic noises at the end. It felt completely underwhelming. Overall, I’d call it an overwhelmingly obnoxious, underwhelming album. I probably didn’t bring my A-game to it either, so I’ll accept some of the blame. But even taking that into account, this is a two star all day.

A lot of songs on this album have good ideas, but those ideas are executed in lesser ways that detract from the original vision, particularly in the drumming. For how EDM-adjacent the album sound is, I would kill for more straight beats to bob my head along with instead of the more chaotic/sporadic final product on the album. And it's frustrating because the simpler songs are so good, makes me wish the rest of the album trusted itself more. Top tracks: Two Receivers, It's Not Over Yet, Four Horsemen of 2012

I was living in New Cross when Klaxons and the "Nu-Rave" scene started. I absolutely hated it. 20 years on, I have mellowed a bit - not my bag but not as awful as I thought

If you had asked me if I had heard Klaxons before I would have said no but actually knew quite a few of these songs. Enjoyed it too

Gosh, that's what happens when you record an album and just leave in every idea that everyone has thought of. Some of it works really well and some of it is unlistenable. Sounds like they had fun though

Painful, new to me and as unlistenable as anything I’ve ever heard. One star. Tom.

Kinda interesting and an example of where a pinnacle of a very specific subgenre can result in a broadly OK album.

unbelievable

Banda se definitivno spomnim iz najstniških časov, ampak samo po imenu. Ne bi znala sama katerikoli njihov komad poimenovat Kul začetek ("Two Receivers"). Ha, v "Atlantis to Interzone" so dejanski klaxons? Fak, so far so mi hudi. Ne, fuck me, prepoznam ta komad ("Golden Skans"). To je prišlo zj nek iz globine podzavesti. "Gravity's Rainbow" se začne zelo early Arctic Monkeys (naslov je kul referenca!). And, I like it. Ooo. Ne. Ta komad pa absolutno poznam ("Magick")! Se mi je zdel čudn, da bi me Klaxons na tisti točki mojga življenja totalno obšli. (Ok, ne morm bit prva k je nardila primerjavo z Arctic Monkeys? Ful je očitno.) Cel album je pač povzetek takratne UK indie scene. Tak, lep povzetek.

Nothing original here….move along…. 2

Not really my thing. It had moments, but overall, not for me

Meh- didn’t do much for me, but I didn’t hate it

This sounds a lot like what I would have been listening to around 2007. Which could be both a good and a bad thing. Fun album that had my head bobbing a bit. The song titles suggest something deeper going on, but I'm not really catching that right now. I liked Two Receivers, As Above So Below, and It's Not Over Yet.

Not bad. Made it through. Even checked out more of their stuff, will I come back for more?

Ihan ok britti rokkia, tulee mieleen Arctic Monkeysin menevämmät biisit tavallaan. Mut ei mitään mieltä räjäyttävää. Viimeisestä 20min biisistä olikin 15min hiljaisuutta ja sit hidden track eli pelkkää häiriöääntä. Parhaat: Two Receivers, Golden Skans

Nice chirpy album that steps along nicely. Interesting songs and enough difference to keep it interesting. Definitely one for repeat listens and a need to explore the artist.

Blast from the past

dad mall music

Loved a lot of the instrumentals & overall soundscape of this album. The vocals were hit or miss with me; sometimes they complemented the electronic/indie backdrop, other times they felt same-y. I could see this record growing on me since its overall sound is suited to my tastes, but for now, I land at a strong three. STAND-OUT SONG: “Atlantis to Interzone” HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Golden Skans”, “Forgotten Works”, “Gravity’s Rainbow”

It’s not good. Peak fifa music. I don’t think anyone particularly thought it was good at the time either which makes it a confusing addition to the list. Not offensive.

I didn’t full on hate it but it shouldn’t be on this list.

I did know the song "Golden Skans" which ja the most popular one on the album and I liked it. The rest of the songs however ware not do good.

Never heard of it. Very good

When will I get a good album again? Not today 1

Made me think of Jesus Jones. Indie Rock trying to keep up with the latest tech.

Some of it is okay at best. Most of it has far too much going on for me to enjoy it. It's not completely offensive, but it's not for me. "As Above So Below" is a fine song except for how they shoved a ton of dense noisy bits in there every thirty seconds or so. It didn't need that. But I guess without that busy cacophonous nonsense, it might've just been a really boring British rock record. So while it would've been a slightly easier listen, I don't think it'd add more than a single star. "Magick" is an outright skip. Obnoxious.

This list is really just kind of all of the obvious classics and then just the most random UK music from a 20 year span. I can't believe it got published into a book.

Hard to put this into a genre description but its pretty cool stuff with some filler, kind of punk-y is the most I can describe it but this is very unique

some nostalgic songs (PES), 3.5 rounding up #relisten

These guys know how to play music and write songs but still annoy the hell out of me

Gets a 2 because of the 2 singles but the rest of it is dross.

Better than I anticipated, Klaxons’ Myths of the Near Future carried a sound that often felt adjacent to Franz Ferdinand or The Killers—all sharp edges, danceable rhythms, and a restless energy. It made for an enjoyable enough listen, upbeat and easy to let run in the background while I worked through the first part of my morning at the office, which probably says something about its accessibility. That said, nothing about it really grabbed me. But, to be fair, nothing about it actively disappointed me either. It exists in that strange middle ground: competent, entertaining, and ultimately forgettable. Did it deserve a spot on the 1001 Albums list? My response is a shrug of indifference—and with that, I’ll move on with my day.

Having never heard of these guys, it ended up being a rather enjoyable British rock entry for a change.

Once again I was pleasantly surprised. Good album!

The inclusion of this (fairly catchy but mostly unremarkable) album on the 1001 albums list makes me wonder which other dance punk adjacent albums from this era made the list. If this album made it but, say, Bloc Party and Death From Above 1979 didn’t, that would make no sense. The author of this book has to be British, right?

Yeah right . Loved it when I was a kid tho

Side A is great, side B is a noticeable drop off.

Du rock un peu psychédélique vitef

Trop bien ! J’écoutais les 2 bangers à l’époque mais sans avoir écouté l’album entier : Je suis surprise de les voir dans le classement C’est vraiment lié à une époque (proche des années 2010), mais c’est cool !

Sympa mais sans plus

Generic. Shouldn’t be on the list.

Liked it. As with many of these, I likely won't revisit it, but it was good. 3 1/2 stars

I have to be honest. I attempted to listen to this album at the moment I woke up, still laying in bed. I fell asleep after two songs. So I gave it another run, and it wasn't horrible.

Sometimes you just find a band that just clicks with you immediately. Solid 5 Stars.

I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5. Yeah, I don’t know what the fuck any of that was about either. It’s in the title though; “Myths of the Near Future”. This is all some bullshit. That’s the part that made it work for me. Normally, I’m incredibly anal about storytelling & how lyrics can craft a picture in relation to the soundscape, and for the start of this album, I was left utterly baffled by a lot of what they were saying. Something about the soundscapes & production work felt captivating though, and by the time I got to “As Above, So Below”, it finally hit me that this album’s biggest strength is saying all of this shit with the confidence like it’s already normal. These are songs designed to be from the “near future” – we’re 19 years out from when this dropped & I would still argue they might be from a bit farther into the future. As Marty McFly once famously said, we’re not ready for it yet… but our kids are gonna love it. It’s not as radical of a change as say, giving Mozart an iPod with Death Grips on it, but more like giving a 1920s folk singer a vinyl of American Pie. Familiar, yet unusual. In essence, this is an instrumental album with lyrics that mostly act as placeholders for sci-fi pictures the mind can only conceive. I fuck with that heavy conceptually, and it certainly helps that the instrumentals themselves just knock it out of the park. “New rave” is definitely a crummy descriptor for what this ends up being, which is significantly closer to some kind of electronica-infused Madchester with a touch of the indie rock revival of the mid-2000s thrown in – slightly heavy pulsing drums, soft wall of sound guitar work that still lets a melody cut through it, some groovy basslines, and just enough vocal filtering to maintain a grittier feel throughout. It’s still just a bit off-kilter from the typical stuff of this era, creating that “familiar yet unusual” tone. The one time this album hit a misstep for me was “Isle of Her”, which just feels like the most plain / flat track in comparison to the rest of this weird world established throughout the album. That single misstep, however, is nowhere near enough to bump this down for me. Once again, a Mercury Prize winner has come through for my tastes. I think this is an easy bump up to a 5. It’s a speedy 36 minutes that barely slows down, and once you get into the groove of its weird alt-future tones, it’ll just feel encapsulating in a way that makes you wonder why more bands don’t just try to predict the trends of the future more fruitfully. I really enjoyed it & I’m very glad it’s on the list.

🔥great album 8.6/10 4 songs but all are great

I’m sorry, but I don’t see how this is memorable. Listened to in in the car and it really didn’t do anything for me. I was going to go boring but the last 2 tracks were a bit more interesting. Could have been a 3, but it’s Friday.

Sleeper hit. We, as a society, should keep this record in higher esteem.

welcome back to 1001 British Albums I've Never Heard Of In My Life. but good this time!!!!!!!!! the band that coined the term "new rave" offers a pretty idiosyncratic version of all the styles and scenes its mashing up. ridiculously confident for a debut, toeing right up to the line of being obnoxious about it...i am ultimately here more for the dance side than the rock side. but strange and exciting grooves and riffs abound, and the production presents it all with admirable clarity, like a slice of multilayered cake. for all its wild energy it is weirdly more of an album to soak on than anything else.

Fine but forgettable

I had moments of "wow this album is underrated" and then moments of "wow this album is overrated". 3* feels fair.

Pretty good.

meh, la nada misma

opening to Atlantis To Interzone sounds like something from a Sonic soundtrack that’s a good thing btw - i’m really enjoying this one! Oh I know It’s Not Over Yet! Overall I gotta say I’ve thoroughly enjoyed this album

Quiet the strange little album, didn't have much of an impact. I need to listen to it again.

cool

Not a bad listen. Interesting enough, but not something I am going to be looking out for in the used bin.

For every shitty Elvis Costello or Morrisey album, there's a nice surprise like this. Love this stuff.

For some reason my mind just wants to describe this album as noisy. Seemed a bit weird and experimental, which I'm normally into but apparently not this time.

Soundsw like pretty typical danceable indie rock from its time if you ask me. Not usually my thing, but I like it when it gets a bit more heavy now and then. Faves: Golden Skans, Tom On The Timeline,

Never heard of Klaxons, but found this album overall enjoyable.

It’s okay. Nothing too memorable, but not bad either. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again

I was really afraid of it being mid-2000s British indie slop but I really liked it in the end.

This was ok. Not sure why I needed to hear it before I die though.

Boy oh boy do i love it when i get to hand out surprise 5 star reviews and Myths Of The Near Future is one such album that is getting just that. Everything about this album is exactly what i'm here for on this project. It's weird, wacky and definitely different from the rest of the crowd yet still manages to be a catchy, frenetic, fun trip throughout. Every time that i thought that the album hit it's peak and i would think it would run out of ideas, it would always hit me with a new one and also manage to do it so well regardless of how weird the song was. I genuinely don't have any complaints for this album so all i'll say is its a very fun album i'm glad i got to hear before i died. Best Song: Isle Of Her Worst Song: Gravity's Rainbow

I remember this album coming out and giving a kind of 🤷‍♂️ response, so it was fun to revisit. Unfortunately, my feelings on the debut from Klaxons haven't much changed. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the songs, but it's all over the place stylistically. Worse, the core post-punk garage band sound was not unique in 2007 and I can name off half a dozen bands better at it than Klaxons. If it wasn't such a cluttered and over-produced album, I might have liked it more, but unfortunately Klaxons fell victim to the loudness wars.

While this didn't do much for me, I also can't criticise too much. There was some decent songwriting with a very heavy, 2007 sound but I don't see myself listening to this again anytime soon.

2.5

Solid album from the "new rave" sound of the late 2000s; by the end I'd had my fill, though. I did appreciate the occasional use of synths to sound like warning klaxons, though - good way to live up to the band name!

What a pointless inclusion on this very flawed list. Yet another album that was popular in the UK but nearly unheard of everywhere else. Not exactly surprised that it was removed in the most recent version of the book. Nothing special or noteworthy about what they were doing here at all. It’s like every other late 2000s alt rock band but kinda worse. Noisy and annoying. Gravity’s Rainbow was kinda cool tho

Not really my thing! They alternate between poppy/forgettable and harsh/abrasive experimentation that sounds a bit sloppy if I'm being real. The "hidden" song at the end was perhaps my favourite moment in the album, funnily enough. I've no idea where those spooky soundscapes would've fit elsewhere in the album, but they're the most unique and interesting idea on display. Hilarious move to jumpscare unassuming CD listeners with it. Standouts: Atlantis To Interzone • Golden Skans • Four Horsemen of 2012

There are a lot of individual pieces of things on this album that I like, but somehow they never make it into a cohesive whole. Left no impression on me at all and felt like a huge missed opportunity.

Unpleasant in the morning

Good grief no. Weirdly hailed as some kind of "saviour of rock" for a generation that came marginally after The Strokes etc. when it was just a less good version with an electro hint. Stop it Robert, you're being silly.

Nostalgia factor for me

Album 92 Top 3 favorites off the album: Golden Skans, Totem on the Timeline, Four Horsemen of 2012 I was not feeling optimistic after the opening track. Luckily, things turned out alright. Some of the vocals aren't my thing, but they don't make up the majority. No other big thoughts, really. 

Boring, dated, nothing new or interesting here. So, so dated.

Me gusta la vibra de este álbum, quizás en un futuro lo vuelva a escuchar, pero siendo honesto no me pareció la gran cosa, un poco más de lo mismo. O sea no es malo, simplemente es escuchable. Esos 15 minutos de silencio en el último track ¿?

I see new album. I see British album. I see that they coined their own term for their style of music. All things that cause me to come into an album a bit apprehensive. And I think my apprehension is justified, not just from experiences with the list, but with the actual album, too. It's just kind of fine. It's interesting in that it doesn't really sound like something that's been done before, but it doesn't really seem all that good. I ended up walking away pretty unimpressed. Favorite Song(s): Totem on the Timeline

ЕЕЕЕ ЭТО ПЕСНЯ ИЗ НИДФОРСПИД ПРОСТРИТ!!!!1!!! Ваще такой вайбовый индирок, немного постпанк, немного бритпоп, но не бесячий унылый, а более такой расслабленный и спокойный. Есть прям веселые драйвовые треки, есть более меланхоличные спокойные, есть даже немного такие шумные треки и даже танцевальные.

NICE another album that isn't old enough to drink. I can't wait to try and understand why the critics think this should be here. Ok, while I don't find this as brazenly offensive to listen to as some things I've discovered here, I find it brazenly offensive that this got included in this project: 1. It's britpop (sigh.... again) 2. It's juvenile 3. It's rave-oriented, therefore it's deliberately obtuse 4. It's since been stricken from the publication, affirming my conclusion that it has no business in this compilation. Zero stars on merit.

It's an interesting album. The drumming is great and very upfront. The music is layered on and works well with the guys voice. His voice is odd but not off putting. It's got a weird indie dance vibe, but it is a mid 00's brit band. They tend to skew that way. It does get long in the tooth though. Some songs stand out but the bulk of this album is kinda boring. It's very formulaic. Like the band found their sound and the producers forced them to stick with it. Makes for an alright first listen but gets boring very fast. Doesn't hold up past the first listen.

I liked this! Would definitely come back to it.

Really enjoyed the energy of this one!! Lots of instant bangers and a lot of the ones that weren't would be growers I reckon

When I listened to this album just now, I'm pretty sure it was the first time anyone outside of the UK has ever attempted to listen to Klaxons, and it was fine

This list had me realize that if an album wins the Mercury Prize, it's probably going to be pretentious and not that good.

I mostly enjoyed this and added it to my library. It sounded to me like one of those early 2000s bands, like the Strokes, but if they were just a little more interesting. Will revisit.

I have vague memories of Klaxons receiving a good amount of hype around the time this came out, and listening now, that tracks. Myths of the Near Future sounds of its time, and that's not a knock against it. "Totem on the Timeline," "Gravity's Rainbow," and "Magick" stood out in particular for me, but it's all pretty solid. 3.5 stars.

This was good. Four stars.

Not as bad as I thought it was going to be, recall that there was a lot of hype when it came out back in 2007 which at the time put me off. Good to hear it again with fresh ears nearly 20 years later.

That era where a song or two were good and the rest could be easily forgotten. This fits with that era. Golden Skans 2.5

Enjoyed it more than I expected. Lumped them in with the typical 2000's indie scene but had a bit more too it.

I both kinda like it and kinda hate it. More towards hate it but just a tad Will I listen to again: 20%

An enjoyable 2000s rock album. This is a great genre for me, and this is a good, not great, entry from it. 3.5, rounding down.

This won the Mercury Prize over Back To Black? Astounding. It's not dreadful but I didn't remember it, and I won't remember it next week.

I wanted to like this album so bad but there’s just something about it. I just can’t quite get into. I think it’s probably the vocals I don’t like the constant falsetto and screaming.

This has a distinct late-2000s aesthetic but still holds up pretty well almost 2 decades later. The writing is absolute nonsense but I really enjoyed turning my brain off and just vibing to the instrumentals.

bråk

Good

beetje wisselvallig

Liked this a lot

Very enjoyable amd good energy

Jamais écouté avant. Ma note est sévère, mais elle correspond à un album qui, à mes yeux, n'est pas du tout honteux, pas du tout raté, mais qui a un énorme défaut : il manque singulièrement d'originalité. Klaxons sonne comme Franz Ferdinand qui aurait trois ans de retard, aurait perdu son sens de l'humour et essaierait d'expérimenter les textures électroniques cradingues. Comme témoignage sur le son d'une époque du rock indé britannique qui n'aura finalement pas duré si longtemps, pourquoi pas, parmi les 1000 et quelques albums les plus importants de l'histoire, c'est un peu léger. Top : Totem on the Timeline Flop : Magick

Meh

Opened with 3 star indie energy; digressed to 2 star disappointment by the end. Most songs followed the same sound, pattern and style, and many had too much up-tempo reverb/distortion that was a distraction from, rather than amplification of, the music.

The actual klaxons were a highlight. This album sits very much in bucket with Muse. I get the appeal and also get why someone might despise it. My reaction is general boredom, lightly seasoned with a couple high points and vague desire to try and like it more.

I remember these guys being a name you’d hear on a festival lineup or some hype new music list or simply playing over speakers while you were waiting in a queue. But to this day, I have never met a human in real life who is a fan of this band.

music is love

amyl x arctic monkeys

I love british people 😣😣 Favorite song: as above so below

Another newer release clunker. At least they sounded like they tried. Unlike the last selection. Hard to give this three stars so I’m. I’m not going to. Aerosmith is next. Absolute ear bleach.

Es zeigt die Truppe als hyperaktive Alchemisten des New Rave: grelle Synths, jagende Rhythmen, ein ständiges Flirren zwischen Indie‑Rock und Club‑Euphorie. Stücke wie „Golden Skans“ funkeln sofort, andere verlieren sich etwas im überdrehten Stilmix. Das Album wirkt frisch, aber auch sprunghaft – mehr aufregendes Versprechen als vollendetes Werk.

Ikinä kuullukkaa mut posi ylläri.

Sort of felt all over the place in terms of their creative choices but the album still got its point across and wasn't a bad listen at all. 6.5/10, Favorite Song: It's Not Over Yet

I’ve had enough of the brits. This was inoffensive but surely there are better and more interesting albums from other countries….

Big nostalgia hit, loved this album growing up, the singles are still great but in a whole the album has a lot of filler, could be ten minutes shorter

I hadn’t heard of klaxons but this was a totally pleasant listen. There are some really nice melodies like in Golden Skans, but this just isn’t that memorable and the auto play went to what felt like better versions of the same thing (Bloc Party) so I’m being a little harsh with rating

I liked it more than I thought I would. 3.

ok

me gustó pero no es mj estilo

Gone and already forgotten

This was weird at times but REALLY good! I think every song fit together, this album felt cohesive and just a great time. The vocals and instrumentals are strong and so fun! Liked Songs: "Two Receivers" , "Golden Skans" , "Totem On The Timeline" , "As Above So Below" , "Gravity's Rainbow" , "Forgotten Works" , "It's Not Over Yet"

3.5

They kinda remind me of a pumped version of Foster the People, just three or four years earlier (7.6) ★★★½

Very typical of its time. It is good, but nothing more. 3.5 stars

Never heard this before, but I thought it was pretty good. They kind of reminded me of Arctic Monkeys a little bit, but not quite as good. The highlights for me were "Gravity's Rainbow" and "It's Not Over Yet". 3.5 stars.

4.5

I guess these guys were really Myths Of The Near Future because like Atlantis they ended up later sinking without a trace. Their second album had a lolcat on the cover and a few cool choons like Venusia but ultimately did not have the je ne sais quoi of their debut and their 3rd one Love Frequency is just one of those all-time classic terrible, instant career-ending albums. This here their Mercury Prize-winning debut, they really did have a good thing going. It’s full of good bops, is plastered wall to wall with hip cool empty literary references to William Burroughs, Thomas Pyncheon and J.G Ballard which for a young pretentious English Lit student like me at the time was… ney, still is the coolest thing. For a brief flicker the album made Nu-Rave a big trendy thing and it’s just a perfect time-stamp of mid-to-late 00s studenty British indie along with the first two Arctic Monkeys albums. It’s got a huge scoop of the psychedelic, whimsical adventurous spirit of Syd Barrett and early Floyd, a huge scoop of early 90s rave and dance pop and of course a big scoop of the mid-00s trendy Brit indie scene that it’s from. And opening track Two Receivers begins with the same kind of big beat aplomb as Fatboy Slim Right Here Right Now. Atlantis To Interzone is sort of the main classic siren-blaring nu-rave bop, Golden Skans the milder, more radio-friendly nu-rave bop, Gravity’s Rainbow the shining golden euphoric peace-and-love loving anthemic bop, Magick is the more menacing, darker tinged nu-rave bop and It’s Not Over Yet the chill classic early 90s rave bop cover. Four Horsemen Of 2012 is the grotty, spluttery, wheezing nu-rave closing bop statement with an unfortunate 20 minutes of silence added for bad measure. There are a bunch of other nu-rave bops that aren’t as memorable but it is a well-balanced album overall. 5 stars just for the glorious hipster peace-loving Nu-Rave memories. Choose Life. Choose Klaxons.

Unremarkable.

You know, wasn't looking forward to an album by a band named Klaxons (terrible band name). But ended up enjoying it quite a bit. Kinda post-punk (but not really, maybe in that 2000's indie/garage rock way, but still not really) by way of noise rock, which I haven't really heard before. Second half of the record was especially good. Album's got a great vibe. Definitely gonna be going back to this.

Pretty pretty cool

Never heard of them. Some decent songs

Decent listen

I was looking forward to this but came away disappointed. Found it slightly annoying and repetitive. Won’t listen again.

5/10 It's fine, I guess. Wasn't a fan back in the day, and I stand by my opinions. What melodies there are are largely monotonous, with those layered vocals creating a distinctive, if uninteresting, sound. I'm not sure that they could really write a tune - they just seemed to hit it lucky with Golden Skans and their cover of a pretty crap dance song.

It’s kind of giving British Strokes, which I actually dig. Sounds big and chugging and sometimes explosive. Layered production and a lot of good uses of fuzz. Sometimes it also just sounds like run-of-the-mill mid-2000s indie, but I grew up on that kind of feed, so I’m inclined to like it. Strong three; I could see myself revisiting this and liking it more.

Quality

What a completely forgettable album. I can't tell you the name of any songs, I couldn't tell you anything about them. This music just comes ans goes like a fart in the wind. Two stars because it isn't TERRIBLE, but honestly, really bad music is better than whatever this is. Imagine having to be in this band and play this music every night? Thankfully I only had to go through it once.

Based on the name I figured this would be some lame, experimental medieval times bullshit. Even when the drums start on the first track I was really doubting continuing on. I’ll admit, I was wrong on both accounts and that makes me happy. So far…… I would say these guys are in the same realm as Of Monsters and Men and the Naked and Famous. Maybe a little more aggressive. This is by no means a Radiohead album in dominance but it serves a person well

Imagine dragons ahh

enjoyed :D don't really remember much though.

I feel like they're trying for something interesting and almost get there sometimes, but it's mostly generic music dressed in various frenetic embellishments. They are appropriately named.

That was fun.

its fine. bored me pretty quickly

It's was surprising how many songs I could recognise, but have never actively listened to before. Will listen more, for sure.

2/5

This hits like the best of early 2000s indie pop. i enjoy it. But it doesn't hold the same nostalgia for me that would put it on top. I'm sure I'll listen to it again, but if I forget, I won't miss it.

Damn, I tried to tell myself that this album is not so emotionally loaded for me but hell, it is. And so goddamn good piece of music from that moment in time. So good to be back (i've never left).

I wasn't paying that close attention while listening to this but I thought it was pretty good and a very unique sound. I'm in a sci-fi mood lately so I appreciated those elements in the sound. One to re-listen to when I get a chance.

Forewarning: I am not British When I was in high school about a couple years after this album came out, it was an early time of wide music discovery for me. Streaming was merely in the womb, piracy and /mu/ sharethreads were the main way to go to finding new bands. But also in high school I was meeting people and we exchanged different bands and such to one another (at least I think, I wasn't in high school for too long). At some point the Klaxons came about as a band I would check out, following getting into Justice/Death From Above 1979/Foals and Bloc Party. I really like that electro rock mixture with the dance punk revival that was hot on its heels at the time of Myths of the Near Future's release. Nearly 20 years after the album was released (am I old that high school was almost that long ago for me? no it was the inner child in me that was deceived that is incorrect), I think it still sounds unique in its frantically paced execution. The singing and harmonies work great and is why Golden Skans is a great song. Atlantis to Interzone is the weird kind of frantic song that does a whole time signature shift and still keeps itself upbeat. I think it would be my favorite on the album after all these years later, so much going on in just a little over 3 minutes. Totem on the Timeline is above average filler music. Between Golden Skans and Gravity's Rainbow (which are almost the same song if it weren't for the great songwriting), I like the latter much more specifically because of the bass line. There is some form of a concept album going around with mythology and Pynchon-like references. It's one of the more creative albums of the 2000s and while clunky at times one way and another, I think at the very least it has heart.

Энергичный и тревожный звук. И в духе периода.

Pretty cool

A few good tracks, but too many skips. 5/10.

Just listened to this. Let’s see how I feel on a second listen… Wow this really slips right in. I feel like Klaxon and I are old friends. 4. Sorry they aren’t making music anymore. Boolean rating: yes! This album right here is worth listening to and an example of why this exercise is worthwhile.

Seems like an unpopular opinion, but i quite liked it. Not great but some songs were

I lowkey dig this album and what they bring. I would never have considered this to be part of this list.

3.5 stars. Muse-esque rock elements in the dance punk/post-punk record. Started off strong but faded to less exciting pop after a bit. Standout is "Atlantis to Interzone"

Golden Skans head and shoulders above everything else here. Atlantis to Interzone is still cringe.

Don’t know this…. This was totally my bag! Loved it. Completely missed it in the 2000’s on this side of the pond. Listened twice and enjoyed it more on the second listen. 4 stars. Boolean rating: yes! Absolutely glad I heard it before I die.

I actually liked this a lot. It came closer to a five than you'd think. edit: I never planned to use the edit feature, I told myself I gotta live with the consequences of my actions, but I've listened to this album so many times since leaving the initial review. It's a five, I can't explain why, I just love it

Didn't love it, but didn't hate it.

Encore un album pas très intéressant à mes yeux. J'ai lu quelques trucs à son sujet et apparemment, ça a été un album influent dans le développement de ce qu'on appelle la new rave (étiquette que le groupe a ultérieurement rejeté). Donc j'imagine qu'effectivement, il est plutôt influent dans sa propre niche. Cela dit, j'ai trouvé ça assez banal et pas très folichon. Ce sera un simple 3. En plus, la pochette est moche.

Engaging, melodic, and upbeat alt rock that is easily relistenable due to its perfect length.

Luke their namesake, Klaxons can be annoying, droning, up-and-down, and repetitive. But there's also some decent tracks on this album, and there's potential I might like it this more with another, closer listen to both the music and lyrics at some point. Based on one not-so-attentive listen only: 2.5 stars

There are standout moments (“Golden Skans,” “Atlantis to Interzone”), but the album doesn’t maintain that level throughout.

Not earth shattering or groundbreaking. It’s not even unique. Meh.

That got monotonous quickly.

Atlantis to Interzone Golden Skans Totem On The Timeline Gravity’s Rainbow Magick

Atlantis to Interzone Golden Skans As Above So Below Magick

Absolutely awful. British bias of the list shows true again. The drums of the first song were the only saving grace, and in fairness, it should be a 2* but I'm just annoyed at another inclusion of British shite so I'm giving it a hard 1*

I actually already had one of their songs saved as one I liked but didn’t know it until I got to that point of the album, haha. Really interesting and electric album.

Está bueno pero es un álbum q te olvidas

love this album, have done since the day it was released. I vividly remember seeing the video for Magick for the first time and I was hooked. Top Track - Gravity’s Rainbow

A literary sci-fi concept album name checking JG Ballad, Williams Burroughs and Thomas Pynchon should be right up my street, but unfortunately it’s a little bit of a let down. It opens promisingly enough, sounding like a 1970s prog/krautrock album but quickly turns into something more akin to Franz Ferdinand style indie. Indeed, I would have sworn that Golden Skans, the best known hit from this album, was by the aforementioned band. As far as the literary pretensions go, it seems to be mainly using words like ‘hypersonic’ and ‘infinity’, and chucking in the odd reference to Westphalia and Aleister Crowley like a nerdy contestant on University Challenge. I did kind of enjoy it but I got the impression that they were expecting it to be a much bigger hit than it was, and the band has been on hiatus since 2015.

Need more time to understand this. Kinda not my genre, but some songs are great

Myths of the Near Future starts with a reasonable argument for itself. The energy is real, the musicianship is clear, and the early variability suggests a band with genuine chops operating at the center of a specific cultural moment — the brief nu-rave intersection of indie rock and rave culture that briefly made Klaxons the most talked-about band in Britain. For a stretch, the craft keeps it in respectable territory. Then “Magick” arrives, and the case starts collapsing. What some listeners find anthemic and hypnotic lands here as actively annoying — the chanted repetition and processed vocals crossing from atmospheric into grating without warning. The track that follows doubles down with a synth texture that seems purposefully engineered to increase anxiety rather than create momentum. The intent is clear. The payoff isn’t there. The closing track delivers the final verdict — a metal-adjacent section with distorted vocals that feels more ridiculous than dangerous, the kind of swing that needs to land perfectly to work and doesn’t. By the end the variability and chops that initially kept this above the 2 threshold have been outweighed by a record that spent its second half actively wearing out its welcome. A 2 that reflects a genuine listen rather than a snap judgment — the craft is real, the moment was real, and the music still isn’t remotely for this particular listener. Sometimes that’s just the honest answer.

I love the energy

easily not the worst album of all time

Kinda fun, just not the vibe I'm generally looking for.

Mehhhhh. Proto arctic monkeys with a twist that’s more grating than anything else. DNF

Meh. Some songs were better than others but it’s a lot of electronic sounds I didn’t really like

Nah. Cero. No me generó nada. No entiendo qué hace en esta lista. Está bien como pasajero, pero meh total 3/10

Ts was crazy. It sounded just like the album cover. I thought it had really cool production were every thing is punchy and distorted. Over all the songs weren't that consistent. I know it's a concept album but after listening to it I'm not really diving to dig deeper(I probably will at some point).I don't particularly enjoy the lead singers voice. The brum and bass on this are pretty good though. I'll give it a strong 6.

A base de escucharlo, me ha acabado por gustar. Muy conectados con el dance-punk de Bloc Party o de Franz Ferdinand, Klaxons te mantienen en un estado de constante atención y hacen gala de un espíritu indie en sus ritmos frenéticos que a veces pierden un poco de coherencia y muestran una energía algo áspera y difícil de digerir. No obstante, proporcionan buenos temas como "Golden Skans" y "Two Receivers", que no fue single y lo merecía.

Another rather dull UK album from the early 2000s. Not really sure what makes this one different from all of the others.

The sound of the band have fresh vibrations, the songs in this album have a great personality

Another Dimery special. Brits loved it but less impact in US

I thought I was really gonna dislike this album based off the first song or two, but it was a lot more palatable than anticipated. Still don't see myself throwing this on again anytime soon but a tip-of-the-cap to these guys for going balls to the wall on their debut album

Nothing remarkable, won't remember this in a week. Nothing bad about it, just very bland 2.7/5

This started off really badly but got better as the album went along. Each song is a pretty simple idea that just gets repeated endlessly, which makes the 36 minutes feel more like 66. That said, some of those ideas are interesting. 2.5/5.0: Mixed

another run of the mill british indie rock album

Competent but completely unremarkable.

nice mix of indie pop

Wack

More on here than we anticipated to recognise - and lots of songs we really enjoyed. It was good.

As soon as this started, I knew they were English. Every song pretty much sounded the same. Achingly 00’s. Nothing particularly interesting.

Not great is it

++: As Above, So Below, Forgotten Works, Magic +: Atlantis to Interzone, Gravity's Rainbow +-: Two Receivers, Golden Skans, Totem on the Timeline, It's Not Over Yet -: Four Horsemen of 2012 -: Isle of Her 4,1/10

enjoyed this a little more than i expected but it was a little grating listening through in one sitting