Reviews (page 4 of 7)
A bit too rowdy for me
Confuso, barulhento e insignificante.
Meh, generic 00's indie music. Not bad but not something I'll feel like revisiting.
I was a British indie fan who took music seriously when this came out. I bought the cd and i think i saw them live. Even i am surprised to see this here. It was only relevant as a couple of music journalists decided it was the new great thing, because there was a space for a new great thing to be filled. It doesn't really have anything that elevates it beyond thousands and thousands of other indie albums released every year and definitely should not be on this list
generic electronic tinged pop. I honestly have no idea why crap like this is on the 1001 albums you must hear before you die. I could have died happy NOT having heard this. It's warmed-over mediocre britpop.
Neat, still digesting it tho.
One of the more enjoyable instances on this list of Music You Had To Be There For.
Absolutely sick, big banger mode
I was initially excited by this album after the first song, but soon the tracks became a bit messy and same-y. I like the experimental aspects and might listen to it again later to see if I feel the same, but for now I think its good but could have been executed a bit better. I heard the Soulwax Remix of Gravity's Rainbow before this which i much prefer to the original on this album. 3/5 After relistens I continue to think this is a 3.
fine? nothing remarkable, but not a bad listen
Yeah, Klaxons are fine. I don’t really have any problems with this album, and it was fun to come back to it after almost 20 years. But I don’t think this short-lived project is especially memorable.
Ah, 2007. L'époque bénie où il suffisait de porter des jeans peints à la bombe, de vider quelques pots de peinture fluorescente sur son public et de crier "RAVE!" pour que le NME vous proclame sauveurs du rock. Soyons clairs, l'entrée des Klaxons dans cette liste "1001 Albums" n'est pas due à sa profondeur philosophique. Oubliez le titre, personne dans le groupe (ou dans leur public) n'avait lu J.G. Ballard. C'est ici parce que "Myths Of The Near Future" est l'artefact parfait, le document sonore définitif d'un micro-mouvement aussi bref qu'hystérique : le "New Rave". Pour nous, les vieux de la vieille (rappel : né en 1970, biberonné au post-punk et témoin de la VRAIE rave des 90s), le "New Rave" avait tout de la blague marketing. C'était l'idée que la génération post-Strokes/Libertines découvrait soudainement l'existence des sifflets, des glowsticks et des basses qui font "womp-womp". Et au milieu de ce chaos coloré, il y avait Klaxons. Leur plan était simple, presque génial : prendre l'urgence rythmique et les guitares anguleuses de Gang of Four (que j'adore) et les fusionner avec l'énergie débile et les sirènes d'un set de The Prodigy (que j'adore également). C'est du post-punk sous ecstasy, c'est la panique dans une fête foraine. Mais il faut l'avouer "Myths Of The Near Future" est épuisant, il démarre à 200 à l'heure et ne ralentit jamais. Les premières quinze minutes sont jouissives, on ne peut pas le nier. Quand "Gravity's Rainbow" ou "Atlantis to Interzone" décollent, c'est un bordel juvénile, frénétique et incroyablement amusant. C'est sale, ça bave et c'est mal produit (par James Ford, avant qu'il ne devienne le mec léché derrière Arctic Monkeys). Et puis il y a "Golden Skans", LE tube. La chanson qui justifie presque à elle seule le Mercury Prize qu'ils ont remporté (au nez et à la barbe d'Amy Winehouse, quand même). C'est une perle pop psychédélique, un moment de grâce pure où leur formule "tout à fond" s'aligne parfaitement. Mais après... eh bien... c'est répétitif. L'album n'a qu'une seule idée. Une très bonne idée, certes, mais une seule. Le groupe utilise la même structure, les mêmes sons de clavier Casio vintage, les mêmes harmonies vocales criardes sur presque tous les morceaux. Une fois passé l'effet de surprise, on a l'impression d'entendre la même chanson en boucle, juste avec des titres différents. Les Klaxons ressemblent à des ados qui ont trouvé la boîte de jouets de leurs aînés et qui tapent sur tout en même temps. C'est marrant cinq minutes, c'est une formidable décharge d'adrénaline. Mais est-ce que ça tient la distance ? Absolument pas car l'album s'essouffle avant même d'être terminé. "Myths Of The Near Future" est le son d'une fête incroyable à laquelle on est content d'avoir participé, mais dont on est parti avant la fin parce que la musique tournait en rond et que, franchement, on commençait à avoir mal à la tête. Au final ce sera un 3/5. Car c'est fun, c'est historique pour ce que ça représente (la dernière grande "scène" inventée par la presse anglaise), mais malheureusement ça ne vole pas plus haut qu'un glowstick lancé en l'air.
Why is stuff from the era you were in high school always the most cringey to you. There's nothing offensive about this album but it already sounds so dated and it's hard to imagine it would make a list like this even just 20 years later. I feel like there's better more lasting examples of this early 2000s dance punk revival stuff, but all in all a pretty easy listen. Doubt I'll be returning though.
Another one of these bands I've never heard of. This band is really fun and energetic. I'm glad to get introduced to them! Not my normal type of music but I could see myself listening to them again.
Pretty good, English rock band. 5
The early aughts had some cool rock music. But this list is saturated with a lot of mid-tier examples. This included. The intersection between rock, experimental and almost club songs. There were a few that found the pocket but most of them were just average and blended into the background noise of the day.
I'm sure it's fine for what it is, but to me it is very by-the-numbers "psych indie pop." Not particularly inspired, rather it sounds like the songs are written how they are supposed to sound for the genre.
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Had never heard of this band so sorta used this one as a litmus test for the list altogether if not just the more contemporary additions to later editions of the book. Did not really appeal to me. I wonder what the American equivalent would be to a lot of these middling British bands.
This is a strange album to have in the book - an album from a fairly niche genre that existed for about 1 summer when nothing really interesting was happening. It's a mix of post-punk and some disco beats - dubbed New-Rave. Really it's just warmed over early noughties disco punk that bands form NYC had done so much better. Like the genre that the band named themselves, it's just not very good. Best Tracks: Golden Skans; Gravity's Rainbow; Magick
I thoroughly enjoy this album. It’s like Bloc Party meets a chill Mars Volta meets Imagine Dragons or something. Each song is better than the last. Good lyrics, solid bass lines, good drumming. Solid album and I’m excited to have been turned on to this.
Solid but unexciting 00s rock
Really cool music.. mostly heard it as background score..
Some interesting post-punk/alt-rock/indie punk/blah blah going on here. I love the energy of much of this album, but overall it mostly just kind of washed over me without really grabbing my attention. I think it's something I'm likely to revisit but probably not a ton. 3/5
Good.bamd in their day. The nest songs on this album have been milked dry by every.medium available adverts and all. Heard nothing new or revolutionary here
This got lumped in with the dance punk revival wave in the 2000s, but it lacks the immediacy of the best acts from that era. There's no obviously danceable "Take Me Out" or "House of Jealous Lovers" here. In a way it's closer to art rock, with creative drum beats buried under piano and guitar. Everything besides the drums are fairly uninteresting though, outside of some angular riffs near the end. It seems to want to make up for this with quirkiness, but everything that tries to be quirky - the lyrics, sudden rhythm changes - grates instead of excites. "Gravity's Rainbow" is both the most immediately satisfying track but also one of the most normal. There's probably a lot of fun to be had with this if you think the zaniness is done well, but I just can't get there.
Not bad
Aggressively threw me back to 2009!
Myths Of The Near Future's "acid-rave sci-fi funk-punk" appeals to my sensibilities; is a solid four in my book.
é daora, bem psicodélico, um lance meio apenas um show
Interesting
I didn’t have particular strong feelings towards Klaxons during the Nu-Rave era of NME. I wasn’t into them but found them to be catchy chart botherers. That’s true, but the album tracks are much more interesting. Darker and more manic than the single releases, bits which remind of their contemporaries such as The Horrors. More fun than I’d expected.
This may very well be the dorkiest album I've ever heard. I say this as a Weird Al fan. That being said, they are talented dorks. There is hardness that pops up, weird falsetto voices, nice quirky lyrics & unique soundscapes. The album really is a unique listen & hits my music funny bone. 4
Parts of this album are really well done and I get a MGMT vibe in a good way. Other parts sound very generic and seem like background music in a video game.
I had forgotten how well I knew this album. I must have listened to it a lot when it came out. Some good tunes.
Entirely too repetitive. Boring.
It was alright, I was lukewarm about most of the tracks. I think I got my hopes up too high reading the influences on Wikipedia. Rating: 3.3
Just okay british alternative rock 2.5
Hér eru mjög skemmtileg lög eða brot úr lögum, en sumt er bara of mikil læti fyrir minn smekk. Við setjum þrist á þetta og höldum áfram.
I like almost everything about this, but I absolutely hate the vocals.
It is what it is
Rapidly lost interest in this, two stars.
This brings me back a good decade or two. I remembered Golden Skans and It’s Not Over Yet from its heavy Triple J rotation back in the day, I don’t think I’ve listened to Klaxons since then. A good piece of nostalgia.
Groovy
How can you have this forgotten post-punk revival album on the list but zero Interpol? That's not even to say this was bad, but more so to ask who is choosing these albums? 2007 seems late for this sound so you can't even argue it was maybe one of the first to do it. Vocals were really annoying at times too.
too clever. its like dog shit mars volta
Thought this would be rubbish based on the name and Britishness of the band but thoroughly enjoyed this album. Loosely gives Interpol vibes.
Ok
I don’t like 2000s indie, but this had enough energy and groove to effectively separate itself from its folkier cousins.
A step up from landfill indie, at its best wants to be Brianstorm but isn't.
I kind of enjoyed this, but I don't like that almost every recent album is from some unknown indie band and has this vibe. Low 4.
The selection of post 2000s albums on this list is so dogshit. That’s not to say this album in particular was awful; I didn’t really like it, but it wasn’t so bad. It’s just that so much good music has been released since 2000 but there’s so much super mediocre stuff in its place. I do not understand it at all
Not bad. Lively, didn't annoy.
Ok, idk uninspiring. Some of it was cool. Not a huge indie dance fan but it was quite spacey which was cool. Fav = golden Skans
Meh. Didn't capture my attention back then or now. Mediocre outside of a couple catchy songs
Pretty solid, nothing spectacular but solid front to back. Guy sounds a bit like Damon Albarn.
I don't know what this is and have never heard of this band before, but this doesn't seem like a list-worthy record.
Was pleasantly surprised by this one, hadn’t heard anything about this band but I found this to be a great listen. 4 stars
I remember when this came out, and I thought the first 2 songs and the cover (it not over) were great but the rest was quite rubbish. I still feel like that today
I kind of enjoyed it, but I'm not sure how it earned a place in this list. Rather forgettable turn of the century indie rock. Just fine.
Not much to this.
3.5
3.5
Cacophonic music, high pitched vocals. Both irritating to me.
Oli jotenkin niin ärsyttävää musiikkia, varmaan todella trendikästä, mutta ei iskenyt yhtään. Kolme biisiä alusta riitti tällä kertaa. 1/5.
This one reminds me at times of the music of MGMT. I have listened to this album, but my assessments are usually a bit more nuanced if I listen a couple of times. On my first and only listen, I didn't find their music very inviting. My own expectations of psychedelic music seem vastly different from theirs. Maybe I was not in a sufficiently susceptible mental state. Happy trails to them and their fans! 2
An interesting one. Some good melodies and pretty tight production. Their sound is kind of overwhelming, but I think that’s the whole idea. Not my thing but not bad at all.
Great album, pity they never made another good one.
Fun and energetic. Reminded me of mgmt, but a bit more noisy. Turns out I listened to like half of these songs in my teenage years, completely forgot about this band
This was fine, some good tracks. This kind of 2000s music goes hard but I kind of forgot what I heard a few hours ago from it hehe.
a few good MySpace profile song bangers on this
Pretty good
The glory days of nu-wave
I used to really like this but listening back I wasn't that fussed.
Great album, haven't listened to this in years, sudden urge to buy a MicroKorg now.
I'd never heard of this, and it was kind of hit-or-miss. Some of it was enjoyable, some of it kind of boring/annoying.
Enjoyable listen, some songs I recognized, nothing amazing but worth a listen.
Not for me at all. Not my genre, whatever genre(s) this might fit. Based on the music, 2 stars Based on my listening preference- 1 star Listened before: N Saved to library: N Favorite tracks: ⭐ That's all folks
Not familiar with Klaxons. Well, this is definitely is not helping my headache. The more I listen, the more I hate it. Yet another band I'll have to instruct Deezer not to recommend... Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐: Hated it.
Definitely is skewed positively by nostalgia but I think the singles are genuinely great and the rest of the album is relatively interesting.
First time for me listening to this group, couldn't help but be repeatedly reminded of the Arctic Monkeys - not that this is necessarily a bad thing.
Really enjoyed this one. I need to dig deeper into their discography.
Removed. Removed from the list means I don't listen to it if I don't feel like it, or if it has multiple indications that it might sound like Muse. To wit: Dog meat cover art, pretentious title, cringe English-major tracklist names. Removed records get 2stars. I think there's a lotta USAs on this journey who are frustrated with the UK slant of the list, and I feel it. Our curator is who he is, and someone else would be different but he's not someone else. It would be interesting to see the compare/contrast with a similarly USA-slanted list. What should happen is I get a lot of good UK records that are new to me, but what is happening instead is I have a reinforced impression of the UK music press being faddish and cynical, what with the national prize winners being thrown out of the canon a few years later.
Disjointed amalgam of genres and sounds. Doesn’t seem like this band knows what its voice is. Some of it works better than other parts, but on whole, it loses me. Need a sense of mood or sonic theme for an album and this one lacks either. A miss for me.
Never heard of Klaxons, but this was not unenjoyable. I don’t think anything on the record really jumped out at me as revelatory, and I probably won’t ever revisit this record, but it was decent. 3/5
Interesting album, my first listen. I would imagine they were or are great live.
Lowkey fragmented.
Seeeehhhrrrr Experimental aber wenn man Bock drauf hat schon krasses Album. Maybe bei LSD fickt es ein komplett weg
some songs were too intense for me, but overall I thought this was a great album!!
Pretty average in all respects.
man this was loud. Honestly just some good 2000's alt rock, nothing spectacular but still worth a listen
A buddy of mine was hella into this album back in the day so I’ve heard it a couple few times leading up to this. Always thought it was just fine! This listen didn’t change my mind. Shoutout to Devastating Dave the Turntable Slave
So the first couple of times I tried to have it on in the background during a car ride and I couldn't really listen to it. I recognized one of the songs as a radio hit though. I then truly listened to it and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a little bit mainstream but it was still solid and with its own sound.
Didn’t really like this one. We are wasting slots
Fine but didn't leave much of an impression on me.
This was pretty fun. Kind of like the Kaiser Chiefs meets EDM.
4/10… dance punk / brit indie
As a 17 year old in the uk when this was released, I feel like I was the target audience for this. I distinctly remember this band being the ultimate industry hype band. They were one of the bands that gave rise to the term - landfill indie. It was exciting hearing guitar bands when I was a teenager but it was all going downhill at this point
I like it, but it's not essential. I remember one or two songs were played on the radio over here. The songs are alright. Production is tiring. Too compressed. Favorite song: totem on the timeline.
Yes! Albums like this are why I'm doing this. Love it. Going 4 for now, but it's a 4.5 for me, maybe eventually 5.
Not bad. ★★★
This was pretty good, actually. I dug it. I feel like I should give it another listen, though. Hey, to write a song after the Thomas Pynchon novel "Gravity's Rainbow" (don't say you've read it, everyone has SAID they have read it, but honestly a fraction of those people really have) is pretty bold. "Two Receivers" definitely has that "A View To A Kill" vibe. I never hated the Duran Duran song, so... there's that. It's right now at a 2.9 to a 3.1, but I think if i may listen to it again, I may like it even more. Top tracks: "Two Receivers," "As Above, So Below," "Totem On The Timeline"
I kind of liked this album at first but needed to listen a few more times. Then I couldn't quite put my finger on what I liked or what songs I liked so I kept listening. I've probably had it on repeat for a week, which is a good sign that I'm not sick of it. I feel like this dance rock band and genre kind of spelled doom for more traditional rock (which I love) and ushered in even newer variants of dance and pop trying to be rock (which I hate). Still, I dig their sound - jangly keys, drum tracks, and all. Favorite tracks were Two Receivers (rocking start), Atlantis to Interzone (yeah that synth loop is over the top but great tempo), Golden Skans (more subdued), Totem on the Timeline (reminded me of Franz Ferdinand meets Interpol), Isle of Her (something about that repeated mantra), Gravity's Rainbow (kick ass bass and guitar), Magick (major tempo and dancy beats), and Its Not Over Yet (another uptempo delivery). Geez, I almost named all the songs there. Got me thinking about a 5 but not quite.
Catchy tunes with good driving beats throughout, but doesn't hold up on close listen. They get a cool riff or chorus and then just repeat them over and over. So, it works best as background music, which isn't really a good thing to say about an album. That said, the only song I didn't like was Atlantis to Interzone - it was a bit much, particularly in the chorus. I'd call it a 3.5 and round up to a 4 because I dug it as something to bop along to while doing other stuff and wouldn't mind revisiting. Favorite tracks: Two Receivers (cool start), Totem on the Timeline, Gravity's Rainbow, Four Horsemen of 2012 (cool end).
Just felt like I was listening to the radio. Maybe this sound was a bit more interesting in the early 2000s but I highly doubt it.
New Rave was yet another genre invented to sell copies of the NME. Good mid-00s indie album though.
Didn't really hear the whole thing
Ikke dårligt, men heller ikke meget mindeværdigt. "Isle of Her" kunne noget og "Gravity's Rainbow" var også lidt fængende.
Best thing I can say about it is it’s unique and interesting. Hated the production, sounded like a wall of crunchy sound. A bit nu-punk? Wouldn’t listen again, maybe one song I enjoyed most of.
This was hit-or-miss for me, a couple pretty strong tracks but a lot that were fairly forgettable.
yeah this shit’s FUN
This can easily jump up to 5 one day.
Super interesting
top 3: - two receivers - golden skans - it’s not over yet
This is one of those albums I really wish I had discovered back when it first came out, because I know I would’ve been all over it. They do a great job blending indie rock and punk energy with swirling neo-psychedelia. What really stands out are the hyperactive synth lines that mimic rave motifs, but still feel raw and lo-fi in a way that fits perfectly with the band’s DIY indie aesthetic.
I don't remember where I was in Chicago around the time this album came out (prolly Wicker Park, if I'm being honest), when someone handed by a CD single of "Golden Skans." I *hated* it, as I did a lot of the sort of dance-pop of the time. Listening to the album as a whole, I come away feeling somewhat differently. Some of the tracks, including "Golden Skans," are still just not by sound, but there's a greater depth and versatility here than I might have expected. I also think my tastes have changed to a decent degree and there are definitely some songs here that veer closer to the sort of dance-punk of DFA 1979 or later IDLES that I quite enjoyed.
Blah
It's not _bad_ as such, but I was wondering why this album was on the list until I read.... it won the Mercury Prize in 2007 (beating Amy Winehouse's Back to Black, if you can believe that). And so the Mercury Prizer retains its crown as the most reliable indicator of over-rated music in the UK (wresting the title from the previous champion; a cover story in the NME for a band that hasn't even released a record yet). I could go into depth about the literary pretentions and the derivative music (check out the wikipedia page for a list of their *ahem* inspirations) and generic presentation of the Klaxons, but is it worth my time? No, it was enough that I listened to this. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. (See, I can be pretentious too!)
I heard the klaxons klaxoning
Una mezcla de estilos que curiosamente ha funcionado bien a lo largo de la historia. Tiene algún tema que ya conocía. 5/10
Another middle of the road album - like most on this list. Very uninspiring stuff but it's not awful.
It started off really strong with "Two Receivers" then kinda went downhill from there. Still cool, but no longer in that 4-5 star tier.
So silly. I used to think this was brilliant but not so much now
I actively disliked this and it ruined my morning.
It was ok. Didn't really stick with me in the end.
One of the first albums with almost all the songs I enjoyed
Wow, nice sound
This was amazing!
Pas un gros fan d'indie, c'pas mauvais mais c'pas extra non plus
Expected not much out of this album but it changed my mind. This was actually really decent with me even hearing Golden Skans before which is a 10/10 song. Songs like that I absolutely loved and this whole album was jam packed with them all sounding diverse and creative. There were lows in the album don’t get me wrong but they were like 5 or 6s and I reckon they were still good. I probably wouldn’t ever listen to it again but I’m glad I did overall I’m feeling an 7.9/10 3.9/5
Bemused at the number of 5* ratings this dreary album has attracted.
Excellent album, listened to it twice!
Wall of trippy loops
I'll be revisiting this in the near future!
Very fun worth a revisit!
Started off strong but slowly started to lose me. 3.5
It was quite enjoyable. I liked it, not every little aspect of it, but I liked it pretty much.
Highlight: Two Receivers In a nutshell: E N E R G Y The band must have a lot of pent up creative energy before heading into the recording studio, cos it shows on this album. Kinda early Arctic Monkeys tried indie synth pop. Overall: 4/10
This grew on me in a matter of minutes. Dug it.
This SUCKS.
Album 879 of 1089 Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future (2007) Rating : 2.5 / 5 Pleasant enough to the ear, but it didn’t stir much in the way of musical feeling for me. The overall tone of their songs was fine, but none of them really stood out or stuck with me. It just felt like another “meh” listen—nothing offensive, nothing awful, but nothing that made me want to hit play again.
Way better than i expected going into this album.
Recently, I read a quote from a music critic who said that after spending half his life interviewing bands, he came to the conclusion that bands think about genre much less than critics do. He said they just play the music they want to play, and then people label it. That struck me as funny, but it makes sense. As a listener, I want to categorize and label. It’s part of how I wrap my brain around something new. But I think that artists, more often than not, just play whatever they feel like, which is usually some version of what they enjoy listening to. This album sounds like a mash-up of influences — punk, dance rock, post-punk, and prog rock are all swirling around in the mix here — but I get the impression that Klaxons weren’t thinking about genre when they made it. The style feels more instinctual than calculated, like everybody added a dash of what they like into the pot rather than going off a recipe. This is all a roundabout way to say that Klaxons have a cool, original style that sounds natural. The music doesn’t feel overthought. But it’s also polished and very well produced! They remind me a bit of early Arctic Monkeys. They have a similar style of danceable punk. (I just looked at the album credits and James Ford is a producer here. He’s produced so much of my favorite music in the last 10-20 years, including Arctic Monkeys starting with their second album.)
Really cool start to the album, I love the distorted drums and crunchy synths. Like a blend of Radiohead, Muse, and The Mars Volta. Unfortunately, I'm going to give my least favorite feedback to give for a band: I don't love the vocals and I think they don't really fit the sound that well. Alright I love the second track. Great energy. Different from the first song, and I'm worried that listening further will give me songs that aren't that cohesive but I'm grooving either way. Track 3 is like a blend of TV on the Radio and Arctic Monkeys. I'm really feeling like I'm being thrown around between different inspirations while listening. By the end I really enjoyed this and I have to recommend it to others!
Loko
sounds like the opening act at every concert I went to in 2014
this shit sounded like a Jared Leto Joker theme song
Just feels like they weren't in the mood to write songs most of the album. When they wrote songs, I didn't hate it. So much a product of its time though that it is definitely pretty grating nowadays Fav song: Gravity's Rainbow
Fun, good tempo. All round solid indie album
Always in the shadow of that one Crystal Castles remix but a solid representation of a solid indie era
I was skeptical on this, It looks like the Millennial Mop Hair rock I steered away from when I was the target Market (25 years old when this came out) I Enjoyed the first track, didn't go much on the second, the third - Golden Skans I have obviously avoided until now (even with its listen count) it wasn't bad, but somewhat... mid? I probably enjoyed the less listened to songs to be honest.
hirveää
Two great tracks: Golden Skans and a cover of Not Over, some lolcast vibes, Thomas Pynchon and the Mercury prize. All adding up to a brief career and two stars. joining M-People, Gomez, Speech Debelle and many others on the Mercury prize mis-step list.
These guys know how to do an intro to a song, unfortunately nothing matched the level of the openings.
Rythmic energy, blends together. I don't quite get the lyrics.
This album is just plain annoying. 1 star or F.
The UK bias is real. Whenever I see a band I don’t recognize I know it’s some shitty band the British editor included because he thought they were good. This is Dollar Store MGMT.
Aight
Golden Skans was everywhere when this album dropped. Not really my type of music at the time. Decent enough album. High 2s.
Genre: New Rave A more electronic take on the Dance-Rock/Punk coming out of England at the time. This album wasn’t bad, but I honestly think there are much better examples from this time period that they could’ve added. Makes me wish The Fratellis were somewhere in the book. There were some big musical highs, but some duds on the tracklist as well. An interesting listen, but not essential. 3/5
Franz Ferdinand Becks Odelay Prodigys Invaders must die Radioheads Ok Computer Mix it all and out comes this monstrosity. It was a chore to listen to.
It's ok. It sounds a lot like Franz Ferdinand. If it was on in the background quietly I'd listen to it but it feels pretty derivative.
Favorite Track: Golden Skans
Nope
Favorite songs: Totem on the Timeline, Atlantis to Interzone, Two Receivers, Gravity's Rainbow, Magick Least favorite songs: Isle of Her 4/5
This is possibly my favorite era of music, so I really enjoyed this. They’ve been one of those ‘heard of but never heard’ bands, so it’s nice to hear them. Hope I remember to listen to this again.
A couple catchy tracks but overall forgettable. Forgotten Works is the stand out song but it’s buried towards the end of the record. It’s fine but there’s better versions of this sound out there.
started out okay but then dragged on. Sounded similar to a lot of the music coming out at that time. Not terrible, but not great. 3/5
претензий нет, но 5 не поставлю)
How does this make a list of must hear albums? It is below average mid 2000s British Indie rock. When people ask me what kind of music I like, I typically say pretty much everything. This list made me realize I am a fucking liar. I think I hate most music, that's at least how this album makes me feel. 3.5/10 139/1001
This was a pleasant surprise. Dancy indie rock with a sci-fi edge.
Some kind of British pop-electric-prog-dance thing. Nothing too special.
Can’t tell if I like it or just nostalgic. But feels surprisingly complete as an art piece. Subject matter wyrder than I remembered: yes literary sci-fi but also magic and occult? It’s a genre album using tools of indie sleaze??
...how is this any different (or better) than the same sound that had already been out for a couple years? Bloc Party (2005), The Bravery (2005), etc. I don't really see why this makes the list. That said, it's ok noughties indie rock. Neither great nor poor. If I had any connection to it at all, I'd probably score it higher. As it stands, I'm underwhelmed.
Whatever happened to nu-rave? I think it was best it was allowed to gently curl up and die in its corner - this was the first major release of the genre, and no-one else could get near it, not even these guys with their follow-up, Surfing the Void. I rather like this - some seriously odd lyrics abound but it's very well-read. You know Golden Skans. Of course you do, it was the sound of 2007. A rather good cover of Not Over Yet as well. Do you know what, I'm going 4 stars. It's bizarre but worth it.
There’s decent rhythm somewhere in all this noise. This was an overall unpleasant experience, and the random screaming that happens throughout really doesn’t help matters.
Okay.
If it caught me in the right mood I would probably adore this thing. Not for me right now but I see it clicking someday.
I liked this one!
Not terrible, I guess I kind of enjoyed it. Probably won't listen again.
A pretty good album, I liked Golden Skans, As Above So Below and It's Not Over yet the most.
1er album de la liste écouté le 05.08.2025. Rock indépendant britannique. Musique passe-partout qui n aura pas su me toucher ou m'emporter. 1 ou 2 morceaux sympss, 1 autre connu (Golden skans)
Veel stemmen, coole muziek en effecten, soms bijna orkestraal. Heel aangenaam verrast. Beetje mix tussen kaiser chiefs en muse
Eh... This is fine, but again, I question why an album like this is represented over some other albums. This feels very "This was MASSIVE in London, and fell flat everywhere else." 4/10
I had never heard of Klaxons before this. This record reminds me a lot of Foals, who I’ve listened to quite a lot and like. Given the timing of the release it’s likely Foals’ sound was pretty inspired by it. It’s an enjoyable, good sounding record that I didn’t really have any major takeaways from after a couple of listens.
If half-stars were an option, this is classic 2.5-star territory. I enjoyed it a little more than I thought (or feared) I would.
Was skeptical based on the crappy album art, the music was as advertised
I’ve been teetering between scoring this a 1, 2, or 3 depending on the song - and sometimes even depending on the moment within a song. I’m going to be generous and give it a 3 for the moments I like, but I’m not at all sorry to see the end of this album.
I loved this when I was in my 20s.
Not really my type of music. But there was one song I kind of liked.
Favorite Track: It's Not Over Yet
I generally liked this; Golden Skans and It's Not Over Yet were standouts. A strong three
ok so its everyone's least favourite "00s british indie band" time.
Here we have my 666th album of the album project! Man... I really wanted that Iron Maiden album today. That would've been so funny. But like the idea of Snoop Dogg as album 420, it was never meant to be. Hell, I probably would've been somewhat okay with something laughably terrible today just for the irony of it being album 666. But no. Instead I have to get the 300th fucking British indie album on this list, because I guess there wasn't enough already! This Klaxons album is the definition of a 3/5. It has good elements, sure. Musically speaking, this album is certainly respectable. Songs like "Golden Skans" do have good ideas in their melodies and such to the point where I'd call most of the album good in that regard. You have some things that aren't bad or great. They just kind of do the job. This is where the singing and writing go. Those two elements are fine here. Not excellent, but not awful. The mixing is probably my least favorite part. It felt a bit loud at times. I'm not an expert at all, so take that with a grain of salt. Ultimately, this is one of those albums that I would say are good, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that I loved it or that it's a must-listen album at all. I'd understand if others liked this more than I did and I'd also understand if someone was seriously annoyed by this. As for me, I listened to it, had some fun, and now I'm going to move on with my life. 3/5.
Me gustaría conocer un poco más de esta banda. Bastante in the Zone la cosa. Nota: 3.2
Rock alternativo, no he sentido mucha atracción hacia él aunque se aprecia calidad. 5/10
Rating: 7/10 A pretty fun dance-punk album with some cool songwriting.
Not for me. Felt like it went on forever
Only one good song on this album
Sounds like hipster music.
Crisp, energetic and perfectly fine, if not great. One thinks "new rave" is accurate enough, but their literary interests seems slightly counter to the party vibe, no? Not fully convinced, however, that this is actually a sci-fi concept album. And I'm not sure it would matter if it were.
a messy, yet fierce colorful collage of sound... a real punchy, poppy alternative rock album that feels like a collaboration with a garage indie rock group and a few martians from saturn. seriously, with a name like "the klaxons"? if you like both the arctic monkeys and oingo boingo, you'll like what's being presented to you through your stereo. many songs hook you in pretty fast, it has great energy and great production value as well. it's ambitious, but the sound ain't for everyone.
Kind of annoying in the end.
Frenetic feeling rock, but not too harsh
Was familiar with many of the tracks 4-5 singles I think - enjoyed the album - wonder if I’d have enjoyed it if not heard before
If I had my hands on this album in 2007, oh boy would this have been on repeat. I recognized one song possibly from some music platform playlist. It reminds me a lot of Bloc Party. Pretty wide range of the genre (whatever genre this is) with a decent diversity of sound on this album. Even though my musical taste has changed over nearly 20 years this still is pretty damn good. 8/10
Awful.
Listened a while ago and I honestly remember nothing from it so it gets 2
I'm not going to pretend that this is the greatest album of all time but at this point it's clear that I have a bias for 2000's garage rock style. 8/10
Not for me.
I didn't hate this, but I didn't like it either. It's not list worthy.
Con temas como Golden Skans, Two Receivers, Atlantis To Interzone, Gravity’s Rainbow, y sobre todas Magick apañaron un disco que llamó la atención, al menos durante un tiempo. El problema es que en 2007 se publicaron discos como Neon Bible, In Rainbows, Back To Black, Person Pitch/Strawberry Jam, Sound of silver, Untrue, Kala, Ga ga ga ga ga, Boxer, Favourite worts nightmare, Lady´s brigde, Drums and guns, An end has a start, Myth Takes, Vincing The Night Away, 100 Days 100 Nights, Hvarf-Heim, Lust lust lust, White chalk e incluso Sky blue sky, Cease To Begin, Chrome dreams II, Our Love to Admire, Beyond, Era Vulgaris, Yours Truly Angry Mob, The reminder, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
Gave me 1990s festival vibes with its pounding gated drums and heavy synthetic. Got me bouncing around the room
Ok
Zzzz
3.0 - Ok
It grew on me. I guess I have more positive feelings overall than with any individual song. Also, it's weird to name your music group after an intentionally unpleasant sound.
I was semi familiar with some of the singles on this, but had never given it a proper listen, and honestly, I wonder why I waited so long. This really surprised me with how fun and energetic almost every song on here was, I would suggest the singles are the best tracks, but I think this was a really worthwhile. 4 stars.
Like it 3/5
I think this is ok.
Never heard of them but loved it.
Wouldn’t listen again, didn’t hold my attention …i guess a low three??
Interesting listen. Hard to stay engaged but good background tunes.
Pretty generic mid-'00's pop alternative rock. Sounds super processed and contains a lot of the kitschy wail/woo noises that were all the rage back then. I feel like this would have been a track on Guitar Hero. Otherwise pretty forgettable. Also, the recording quality seems really bad. Or, maybe that's part of the schtick?
Great album, 2 huge hits
4/5. It feels like progressive pop, the melodies are ones I would find in older progressive rock bands but add a driving bassline and some synths. The vocals are fun and the band does a good job at achieving that futuristic sound/theme they are going for. It's definitely a repeated listen for me, I did lose interest in some songs but overall, this was my jam. Best Song: Atlantis to Interzone, Golden Skans, Gravity's Rainbow, Two Receivers
I think the album cover is a good representation of this album. It's an odd collage of disparate pieces that don't form a cohesive whole (at least to me). It might be someone's jam, but it's not mine.
Soulless, ordinary, forgettable, inessential; music made for commercials. At times I'd have preferred to be listening to an actual klaxon. Honestly, this list some days.
eh, not super memorable
no me viene gustando eh alguna que otra canción
4.5
Pretty cool but wouldn’t really be interested in listening again.
Grand.
the moment when I stopped listening - the moment when I forgot
I expected this to be very much 90s British. I was wrong. This is very much 2000s British. It's actually a good album and felt fun. I probably wouldn't come back to re-listen, but I enjoyed it while it played.
I loved the energy and the weirdness of it, they push the indie rock/post-punk sound far into new territory (new rave?). I really liked how innovative they are and how fresh the album sounds, they throw a bunch of new ideas into every new song and for the most part it works great. I loved the production, most of the songs are very layered and complex. They have big arrangements, the mixes are excellent to keep this complexity without sounding saturated most of the time (the chorus of "As Above So Below" was indeed too saturated for my taste). The pacing of the record is excellent too, it's super upbeat and once it starts it never lets go, even when they go a bit slower. The weaker song for me was "Isle Of Her" as it's a bit too simple and slow, but it wasn't too bad, the hidden track was also very bland. Everything else was pretty good, I loved "Atlantis To Interzone", "Golden Skans", "Magick" and "It's Not Over Yet". Also I disliked very much the cover art, this album deserved better.
Good rock album that I won’t listen to again. Good bassist
Fav: Gravity’s Rainbow Least Fav: Isle Of Her I mean it’s alright, but why is this on the list?
I don’t mind this. I was at the height of a couple years long lost weekend when this came out, and might have dug it at a certain point in the evening in my favorite hipster scum dive bar, between American Spirit yellows and half priced double Long Islands. But it ain’t mgmt, or mia, both of whom do this sort of indie sleaze thing more enjoyably, and themselves aren’t ever consistently great. Close to three stars because it’s tuneful and grooves and doesn’t take itself seriously. But I’ll never revisit it, or that time in my life, so two.
I had never listened to the Klaxons before. This type of dance-punk revival stuff feels pretty niche, and was something I had a small interest in briefly about 20 years ago.
Alright mid-2000s indie rock record. Was only familiar with "Golden Skans" like most leading into this. Gets a little dance-y and more upbeat than your typical indie rock at points, but not super remarkable otherwise.
Golden Skans is a great song I like the cover of Not Over Yet But a lot of this is pretty weak sauce. It tries to fuse rock and indie and dance and ends up excelling at none of them A lot of that has to do with the incredibly weak vocals. A more powerful vocalist might have unlocked some of these songs
Konesoundit alussa ihan hyviäkin. Brittiaksentti ja sateinen päivä alkoi tympiä liikaa kuitenkin.
Oh wat? Eerste reactie is "god weer een gitaarbandje", maar dit rockt echt behoorlijk hard! Ze noemen het zelf new-rave, met invloeden uit de dancewereld. Ik snap wel een beetje wat ze daar mee bedoelen, het is allemaal een stuk sneller en dansbaarder dan standaard rock. De eerste 2 nummers vind ik echt tof, maar de muziek die daarna komt verzand toch weer een beetje in standaard rock, met hier en daar echte noise. OH MIJN GOD, Not Over Yet, dit is echt de aller aller aller allerslechtste cover die ik OOIT heb gehoord! Iedereen die dit goed vind, doe normaal en doe jezelf een plezier: Luister de versie van Grace, dit is namelijk de superieure versie in elke manier. He gadverdamme, ik dacht oprecht eindelijk weer eens aan 3 sterren want het klonk gewoon prima. Maar deze cover is zo fucking dramatisch dat ik niet anders kan dan 2 sterren geven. FUCK. Schaam je. FAVO: Atlantis to interzone, Gravity's rainbow
Just ok. Pretty unremarkable. Every song sounded the same, and it got pretty exhausting after a while.
Unique, fast paced and catchy from top to bottom. This whole album is such a fun and punchy experience from beginning to end And at less than 40 minutes, it doesn't overstay it's welcome and stay fresh the whole time A new favorite for sure
I read about these guys a lot during the time this album came out. They were sort of in the orbit of some of the other bands that I listened to. But listening to it now, it just sounds like pretty frantic, coked-out music from some Brits. Maybe I would’ve liked it in another life but today, it just kind of grates.
Klaxons is a good name for this band because they do seem to love random unpleasant noises and, much like their namesake, they’re not very enjoyable to listen to. I’m also knocking a point off for that 15 minutes of silence and then shit hidden track called “Untitled” stunt. That gimic has aged like fine milk in the age of Spotify.
Golden Skans is quality, the rest is alright. Was very happy a big chunk of the album length was silence at the end of the final track, followed by some weird noise. No, I did not listen to the full silence.
This was a great vibe for a sunny Friday morning with some good songs playing. My favorite was probably "Gravity's Rainbow."
This was just good fun, I've heard some of the songs before but never thought of them, then heard them and was like "Oh yeah, this is good stuff" which is a testemant to it.
I think this is very much a relic of its time. Definitely not top 1001 albums, just a (decent) one-ish hit wonder group.
This is fine, but not really my cup of tea. It's like a blend of Franz Ferdinand & The B-52's distilled into a concept album about sci-fi stuff. Album has a few banger tracks, "Gravity's Rainbow" & "Atlantis to Interzone" were my personal favorites. "Forgotten Works" has a super funky baseline that itches my brain quite nicely. I very much disliked "As Above So Below". I almost stopped listening to the album.
Feels like they took the formula for early 2000's English indie hits and just painted by numbers the whole album. Nothing exciting, nothing new, not my cup of tea.
I mean, it’s ok … but it’s very unremarkable and there is absolutely no requirement to have heard this before dying.
Had never heard of them before. The first few tracks are pretty cool. Kind of a less melodramatic Muse. Liked it less as the album went on though. Too much of The Killers in there.
Pretty lame but not the worst
This approach to dance punk is actually really unique, not a style you hear very often. Still could do with a lot of refining and improvements in the pacing department, but the ideas are definitely there.
Interesting album! I’ve never heard of them.
I love Thomas Pynchon, although I did give up about 150 pages into Gravity's Rainbow a couple years ago and haven't gone back to it yet. I read The Crying of Lot 49 in 2022, then earlier in 2025 I read Inherent Vice and Mason & Dixon. I also watched Hangmen Also Die! (1943) in 2020 I am mainly familiar with Klaxons from this passage in a 2022 interview with Bob Dylan: Later in the interview, Dylan discussed some of the artists he had seen perform live. “Some I’ve seen live,” he said. “The Oasis Brothers, I like them both, Julian Casablanca, the Klaxons, Grace Potter. I’ve seen Metallica twice. I’ve made special efforts to see Jack White and Alex Turner. Zac Deputy, I’ve discovered him lately. He’s a one-man show like Ed Sheeran, but he sits down when he plays.” https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-favourite-modern-musicians/ Which is funny because of how incongruous Bob Dylan and "landfill" indie are. Since I was 7 and much too young for Club 18-30 in 2007, I haven't consciously listened to Klaxons, but I wasn't too surprised by the sound -- "Franz Ferdinand" is one of the tags, which checks out. I haven't read Burroughs or Gibson, but I love Sister by Sonic Youth which I believe takes some of the technobabble from Neuromancer. The music is decent, and charmingly 2007. I'm now wondering if I have heard Gravity's Rainbow "Come with me, come with me, we'll travel to infinity" before, or just something similar. I like it in any case.
1. tuuo - 1 2. atlantiz - 0 3. golden - 1 4. totem - 0 5. above - 0 6. her - 0 7. rainbouu - 0 8. uuorkz - 1 9. magic - 0 10. yet - 1 UUOULD RANK A ZERO BUT NOT AN OPTION , UUTF
Progressive in the early 2000‘s but not aged very good.
Never heard of these guys before, but definitely enjoyed the album. It sounds fresh and accomplished. Was considering giving this one 5 stars, but the final two tracks are pretty weak and brought down the average a bit.
I wanted to like this more than I actually do. I mean, I hear similarities to Bloc Party who I love. But this has a tendency to tip over into sounding frantic which I find rather jarring
Golden Skans on tietenkin loistava biisi ja nautin aricticmonkeysmaisista rytmikitaroista. Indiekitaravalli on erittäin aikansa kuvaa - tai oikeastaan tää levyhän on vähän etukenossa siinä.
Atlantis to Interzone on FIFA-biisi, josta en koskaan suoranaisesti pitänyt, mutta jonka muistin melkein välittömästi. Kuvastaa levyä kokonaisuudessaan: jokseenkin rytmitön, usein ärsyttävällä tavalla kromaattinen, mutta paikoin yritteliäs ja melodisesti vetävä. Matala 2.
Boring but not terrible. Nothing unpleasant just nothing memorable
Solid animal collective-esque stuff! P cool
Jesus. The Mercury Music Prize has a lot to answer for. Apropos of nothing: the evenings and weekend tariff was a game changer. iykyk :)
Este disco fue un bombazo y nunca volvieron a este nivel. Mejor esto que nada. En favoritos: "Two Receivers", "Golden Skans", "As Above, So Below", "Gravity's Rainbow" y "It's Not Over Yet". Un grandísimo disco de los 2000.
The future has arrived and it is still a myth
A distant memory of the indie electronic takeover of the late 2000s. It aged… ok.
This is album #500 for me, and was a very pleasant discovery. A bunch of cool songs with literary references? Sign me up! There's a variety to the tracks and a feeling that is almost sci-fi, like they are building some kind of modern mythos. I may be feeling a bit generous because of the milestone, but this album has a lot going for it. Favorite track: "Golden Skans"
Well, this was OK. I thought the music was all rather busy and I didn't really get why this album is considered a great one.
Two tracks in to "Myths of The Near Future" I suddenly found myself transported to a Glasgow HMV in 2007. It's spring, the days are longer, the birds are singing and I'm 17 again. The shelves in front of me are full of the newest releases from carbon-copy, indistinguishable British indie bands. In fact, one of them is playing through the store's sound system. It could be Klaxons. Fear sets in. What if I'm stuck? What if I have to live through the 2000s indie boom again?? "Get me out of here," I scream. "The music is terrible and I've never known the touch of a woman! GET ME OUT OF HERE!! I DON'T WANT TO BE BACK HERE!" ... It's track 4 and I'm back in the year 2025, blessed is God. This wasn't good in 2007, it isn't good now.
Why do I even bother with this challenge? Klaxons were the flavor of 2006 or 2007—hyped to the ceiling, gone in a flash. A few catchy indie dancefloor fillers, sure, but that’s it. No classic, no masterpiece—just a relic clinging to retro playlists it hasn’t earned a place in. Nobody needs to hear this record. Who’s still spinning this? Not me.
Dance Party with a few interesting add ins.
This was fun, sorta sleazy.
Fitting name with how noisy it was. It wasn't really my thing.
Two Receivers: I LOVE the instrumentals for this song, pretty solid song 7/10 Atlantis To Interzone: WHAT THE FUCK THIS BANGSSS 8.5/10 Golden Skans: Im liking this album's sound so far man...especially this song 8/10 Totem on The Timeline: this one was pretty solid 7/10 As Above and Below: 8/10 It's Not over Yet: 9/10 For the rest of the songs they were decent but they might resonate more to me as time goes on. This album has a pretty unique rock sound which made t his first experience very interesting, I am not vibing with vocals for a few songs, not that they were bad. I would give this an album a 7/10.
This album is crazy and chaotic. It uses interesting rhythms and melodies and is quite reminiscent of the time it was released. Loved it!! 10/10
ovo je toliko neobično, sirovo, nesuzdržano, ne znam, sviđa mi se
On paper should really like this.
Peppy and fun. I imagine that there are dozens of bands that sound something like this, but this one is pretty good.
A klaxon is defined as an electric horn or a similar loud warning device. The Klaxons sound like a klaxon, inspiring the same urge to vacate the premises. Not my cup of tea.
I had never heard of this band. It was pretty ok. Somewhere between a 3-4 for me. I’ll probably look into some more of their work.
I didn't know them before. I really like their music!
I had never heard of this band. A lot of energy, and each song sounds different which keeps the album interesting.
Not bad at all just boring. Like Franz Ferdinand but louder and less interesting. It is probably a three on merit but I found it so dull I’m giving it a two.
Working through it still.
Not bad but nothing that special. Songs mediocre. Good production, loud mid-2000's style, highly compressed. Good drum sounds. Aggressive sounds.
10/10 really insane production, with surprisingly engaging melodies and chord progressions just a good time all around :)
Nije cili album dobar ali singlovi su fakat jaki jaki
eh
This was better than most of the Brit pop stuff I’ve never heard of. Would listen again.
Ok
Never heard of them. I wish I could continue to say that. Obscure indie rock. Boring, but in a loud, in your face, obnoxious way that means you can't just leave it on as background music. Why is it even on this list? 1.5 - Golden Skans isn't too bad, and there is a minute here and there with decent music and no noise. It gets rounded down to 1 because, while not completely terrible, the annoying parts are VERY annoying.
8.5/10 Favorite Songs: two receivers, atlantis to interzone, golden skans, totem on a timeline, as above as below, gravity's rainbow, forgotten works, magick Least Favorite Song: four horsemen of 2012
Bland and boring indie rock Best Song: .... Gravity;s Rainbow Rating: 4.5/10 Stars: 2/5
It was good i liked it a lot.