Myths Of The Near Future

"Myths of the Near Future" by Klaxons, released in 2007, emerges as a pivotal album in the mid-2000s indie music scene. With its fusion of indie rock, dance-punk, and electronic elements, the album delivers an energetic and eclectic sonic experience. Tracks like "Golden Skans" and "Gravity's Rainbow" showcase Klaxons' knack for catchy hooks and infectious rhythms, earning them widespread acclaim and commercial success. However, while the album brims with energy and creativity, it occasionally veers into formulaic territory, lacking the depth and innovation needed to sustain interest throughout. Overall, "Myths of the Near Future" serves as an enjoyable snapshot of its era, capturing the zeitgeist of mid-2000s indie music. While it may not reach the heights of genre-defining classics, it remains a solid entry in Klaxons' discography, warranting a respectable 3/5 rating.

Never heard of it before. It was fine

Totem on the Timeline was my favorite song. Spotify didn't have the 19 minute final song, I'm happy to report. Fast-paced brit-rock. Not much else to it in my mind.

Not bad

weird, but fun

A few interesting tunes

I had never heard of this band before but overall not a bad album. A few songs I didn’t care for that seemed to not fit in the album, as if they were added to have enough songs, but overall not a bad listen.

Interesting enough, but ultimately forgettable.

Surprisingly good

Not bad

Retrospectively fucking furious this beat Amy Winehouse Back to Black. That's just insane. Like this album is fine and I enjoy the hits that I knew at the time. I'm not too fussed about quite a few on this album. Just unbelievable it beat a masterpiece.. from a group of Topman models

The Klaxons' "Myths of the Near Future" is fine. But that's not really a glowing recommendation is it? Are we now in the "near future" in re 2007? Are we living the myths? But what are those myths anyway? It's apparently a very literary album, with references to Greek mythology, famous authors, and Mayan prophecies, but that's really more forward-looking than delivering the myths of the yet-to-come. It seems the Klaxons were trying a little too hard to be the artsy rockers. The Klaxons also declared their style "new rave," attempting to be the forerunners of a new genre. Trouble is, they're not very ravey? Or the forerunners of whatever it is. Credit there should go to bands like Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand, who were the leading edge of a dancier style of rock music in the early to mid 00s. Fittingly, The Klaxons have fallen victim to the 1001's tendency to too quickly prune post-2000 albums. Fellow 2007 album "Oracular Spectacular" by MGMT met the same fate, but that one far more deserved to remain. Franz Ferdinand's debut, which won the Mercury Prize like "Myths of the Near Future," also got the axe. I'm eagerly awaiting Franz Ferdinand and MGMT when we finally draw them, and I'm pretty sure I'll find that they deserved to remain on the list. The Klaxons... not so much. (And Bloc Party's debut, "Silent Alarm," is also a deserving four-or-five star album.)

The album contains some catchy songs that are well worth listening to, e. g. Forgotten Works or As Above So Below. However, one listen is enough for me.

Not sure what to think about...

Трудно дать оценку. Сначала я думал "ого, ну похоже четверка. Не без шероховатостей, но голос, напор, ритмика" потом я послушал и "хм, нет, четверка это много. Я не так заинтересован, похоже на тройку больше" а теперь вообще склоняюсь к двойке это панк-рок (сами клаксоны назвают это "нью рейв" -- вообще ни разу). Расхлябано, голоса высокие и напористые, посстоянно кричат и визжат. Наверное, три, что-то было интересное в альбоме, но в целом -- мимо меня.

I like As Above So Below, Isle of Her, Magick

Original and creative but not something I’d rush back to

Best song - Forgotten works

Konnte ich gut hören, kein burner für mich aber OK

Album Nr. 7 Sorry, aber der Rock-Stil, welcher von der Gruppe verwendet wird, entspricht nicht meinem Geschmack.

So noisy and random 😅

Above average indie rock. Right up my alley, but admittedly not outstanding enough to rate it any higher than 3.5.

Pretty good alternative album! Always nice to see those 00's alternatives show up on here. This was another one that didn't really stay with me and wouldn't make it in my 1001 album list, but it's something a little different so I'll take that.

Not bad, different 2.5/5

Liked some of their sound a songs.

What do you expect me to do with this album this far into the list? It was fine. Some parts sounded good. Some parts were boring. It won the Mercury Prize. It had zero cultural impact. 6/10

Ik vond het in eerste instantie nogal klinken zoals zo'n Engelse prutsersband uit 1980. Maar al snel bleek dat hier de tekst bestaat uit meer dan drie woorden, de instrumenten zijn gestemd, de muzikanten hebben geoefend en de producent een mengtafel heeft. Dan is het eigenlijk nog wel aan te horen.

I liked it. Energetic synth pop.

Sounds like 2007 alright

Should be good but not for me

7/10

It feels like music that was created to support tense, "time is running out" moments from a movie. And maybe that's exactly what they were going for. The near future is coming and it's not going to be pretty. Might be a bit of a backs against the wall, time is running out kind of a situation in the end. There's a manufactured urgency here that I've gotten swept up in. It feels more current than 2007, but maybe Klaxons are just really that good at sorcery.

I love how experimental this feels, especially for 2007. This feels like the breaking of a moldy mold. The album could enjoyed both in the 60s psychedelic era as well as today. It has a timeless quality to it. UNFORTUNATELY, (big unfortunate here) all of the projects wonderful experimental work don’t save the album from just being a little dull. There’s nothing to really latch on to, except 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 Magick. No takeaway. Big shame. Also, fuck that album cover. 3/5

Meh

I expected not to like it but I actually quite enjoyed this one. I haven't heard the band before so they were new to me. Quite good mid-2000s UK indie/electronic album, perhaps I'll listen to it again some time in the future.

Þetta var bara fínasta plata en mér fannst hún ekkert meistaraverk. Mér líður eins og ég hafi heyrt í mörgum svona böndum og þetta sker sig ekkert meira út er önnur svo ég skil ekki alveg hvað platan er að gera á þessum lista.

Started off punchy but kinda loses its way. Some strong songs (Magick and It's not over yet) which are great pop songs but....I'm not sure what's missing from such potential. I enjoyed listening to this, on my walk to work and it fitted well but, I just felt something amiss. Lovely sweet recording and well above average quality

True to their name, lots of alarm sounds. Songs with a faster tempo remind me of Muse. Fun riffs, catchy bass lines and synthy electronic hooks. Slower songs, like Two Receivers and Isle Of Her remind me of Imagine Dragons. Bland. Slower songs can have energy, but these guys just sound so bored unless there's a fire lit under them. I'm sure if I heard this band when I was 14 I would have a lot of nostalgia for them and would routinely listen to them. Unfortunately I can't see myself revisiting this album anytime soon. Favorite tracks: Atlantis To Interzone, Gravity's Rainbow

Solid.

The first track really got my attention. Overall not bad, but dance rock is a little old to me after a few tracks. It blurs into bumptiss noise.

Don’t remember much of it tbh. 5/10

Fíla þetta ágætlega.

Fine, does exist!

Not terrible. Not great. I both wanted to skip this album and listen to it.

not as unique sounding as I was expecting, solid rock album with rave undertones.

A couple of really good tracks surrounded by mediocrity. 3/5

Probably a 3.4 honestly. Nothing really special. The opening track was good.

I came into this one kind of excited because I really liked this album in my early high school days (Gravity’s Rainbow was a staple of my “look how cool I am” playlists) but hadn’t revisited the album as a whole since around that time. Coming back to it now…it’s not a bad album by any means but it is certainly derivative and disappointing. The highlights are absolutely the driving drum beats and distorted, aggressive basslines. These undercurrents of the rhythm section give it a very fun dancepunk vibe through the record. This element of the sound was certainly unique to me back in the day, but now with the benefit of hindsight and broadening my tastes a bit, I see that it’s a pretty shameless rip of one their predecessors; NYC’s own The Rapture. This electro-adjacent dancey sound gets combined with some garage-rock/punk elements which were clearly lifted from Bloc Party and the Arctic Monkeys, absolutely all the rage at that point in England. Anything truly unique that can’t be chalked up to those influences seem to fall in line with the sound that would very quickly develop into the generic radio-Indie sound that was just around the corner at this point in time. So, why a 3 star rating? Because ultimately if you combine a bunch of stuff I like…I still kind of like it. It’s not the earth-shattering game-changing sound I remember from my youth, but it’s still a fun listen. A few stinkers mixed in but overall solid songs. I’ll end this review by urging anyone who was interested in the more dance-punk elements to check out both the albums Pieces Of The People We Love and (in particular for this album specifically) Echoes by The Rapture. It’s crazy to me and a clear example of the UK bias on this list that this Klaxons album could be included without acknowledging what I feel was a pretty influential run by an American band which paved the way and provided a template for this sound. The early 2000s moved very quickly and I think it’s important to remember how the timeline actually played out.

Better than a lot in the genre, but it’s still just a compilation of wannabe madden songs

Another one that I thought were a 'modern' band but turn out to be heading in for 20 years old 🙈 never knew that song I recognised was called Golden Skans. What is a Golden Skan? Other than that just 2000s indie.

Quite enjoyable 3*

Solid fun album

Kinda interesting. Worth revisiting.

catchy album. golden skans a stand out song. 3/5. pretty sure never heard this before but I like it. Listened 3x.

Some of it I loved.

Me rappelle beaucoup d'albums de ces années. Bien exécuté et écoute agréable.

HL: "Gravity's Rainbow", "Two Receivers", "As Above, So Below", "Forgotten Works" neat Even though "new rave", as the wiki describes it, mostly comes across as "loud & kinda annoying", there's still a lot I enjoyed about this. There may come a day where I complain about finding a new 2000s indie rock outfit, but we're not there yet October 4, 2023

its alright but i dont get why its on this list, doesnt sound special or anything

Some good bops, a fun listen. Not sure what else to say

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

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

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

Pretty good tbf

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

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

Her en der wel interessant, maar het meeste vind ik niet echt boeiend.

Cute album

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

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

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

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

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

Solid fayre that seemed interesting at first but seemed to stretch the theme a little too much.

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

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

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

This album vacillated between annoying and acceptable to me.

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

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

It’s ok, I suppose

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

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

Underrated

Fine. Kinda forgettable

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

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

pretty good

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

rock alternativo e pah sei o que la

Pretty good!

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

Another Mercury Prize winner that is kinda dull.

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

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

These guys are alright.

This album was enjoyable- had some interesting sounds.

kooky indie!

3 stars

Some top rave type tunes, but also some dross

Cool sound 3/5

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

It's pretty good but also fairly forgettable sadly

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

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

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

Nothing original here….move along…. 2

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.

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.

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.

Generic. Shouldn’t be on the list.

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.

Fine but forgettable

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.

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

2.5

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Imagine dragons ahh

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.

2/5

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

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

That got monotonous quickly.

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.

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

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

another run of the mill british indie rock album

Wack

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 it a lot more than i expected..still nothing amazing tho..i wud rate it 2.5/5 ..but forced to round down here..

This is partly pretty good, partly just too much of an effort to listen to.

Could've been worse.

Another album from this era that sounds just like everything else. Bad low vocals. Everything else just muff

Day822 - sounds kinda like the black keys but not as good as the black keys

2/5, tiene temas buenos pero que una dure 12 minn y 9 de silencio le saco una estrella

Every song starts out with such great promise! Then goes to shit when the vocals come in.

I missed this period of music as I was bringing up children and didn't have time to listen to anything, so I lack a certain affinity for all these bands which appeared in the 2000's. That said, I know the singles well and are ok. I do prefer the original of 'Its Not Over Yet', they gave it a good go though. My problem is there were so many of these edgy pseudo indie bands at the time, they all merge into one. Did they do that crap cover of 'Hounds of Love' too? There is my problem.

I was exactly the right age for when this came out and spearheaded the whole nu-rave thing. Listening to it now, it’s a lot of nonsense. There’s some tracks on here I remember liking that still hold up like Gravity’s Rainbow and It’s Not Over Yet, but the rest is very superficial and hasn’t stood the test of time like some other albums from that time like Late Of The Pier.

"Another result of Dimery's obsession with showcasing the UK at any cost" So real!!!! Why can't there be more traditional music from all the various cultures around the world.. instead of UK indie rock #208. I am really starting to despire all this UK indie rock, when there are so many other types of music this could go to. Trust me, I do NOT need to listen to this!

New Rave, 2007 -> 2

eh

Sounds like Arctic Monkeys a lot at times

Had never heard of them and now I know why. Seemed very much an "of the moment" product from a group that represented a UK era of rave/pop that came and went. I would choose Franz Ferdinand, a band with a somewhat similar sound, over this because these songs are more annoying than hook-filled. And whatever sci fi concept that's going on doesn't work, just name checking famous authors/titles doesn't make it a concept album. Again, so many better albums than this could be on this list.

Nah, not for me. Super generic sound, another one of these mid 2000s British indie bands that maybe got a lot of hype at the time but have zero legacy. Dont think I'll remember any of these songs tomorrow even. And its also just a mess as an album, doesnt have a cohesive structure at all which maybe makes it more forgettable

I did not need to hear ts before I die fgs

2.5

This REALLY doesn't strike me as being anywhere near rave; it definitely has high nonstop energy, but more in a "manic episode" kind of way. Maybe that's what makes it 'new rave' and I'm just woefully out of the rave loop? Vocals and harmonies felt very samey from song to song.

Meh. I’m not a fan of electronic music. I can see why someone who does like electronic music would like this. It is very high energy.

I’m not sure what this is supposed to be or why it’s on the list?

too much going on to listen to while working, hectic harmonics etc somewhat noisy at times a few good songs but rather unremarkable overall Song Number 6 currently and forcing myself to go through with it really cool cover art tho 4/10

I really wish this slot had instead been filled by Bloc Party’s “Silent Alarm.”

no sure why its on here. its average. I don't like their version of State of Grace - Not over yet

ммм, фигня очень шумно и сумбурно нет мелодичности, уши устают зато есть хит ожидал большего конечно

Eh

Not a great deal to say other than that I didn't really vibe with it.

I didn’t dislike this album as much as some of the others and I liked that this album reminded me of Mother Mother. Maybe they took inspiration from this album? Anyways, 2 stars because I could see myself liking some of the songs if I was in the right mood.

Was ok to listen to, one or two tracks that were good, the rest just were ok

Didn’t like them at the time, still don’t

This seemed like a fairly run of the mill early-2000s British Alternative Rock album, not sure what was meant to be that special about it. "Rave rock" isn't really a thing and wouldn't have been what I would have described it as, before reading the wider context. I did enjoy the track "It's Not Over Yet" but ultimately this was fairly unremarkable and unmemorable.

#865. This sounds like shampoo commercial music. 2/5: meh

Science-fictional rave, a dance-punk revival, & at times aggressive metal, at least vocally and guitar-wise ('Atlantis To Interzone'), Myths Of The Near Future (Ballard) is, in the end, a proper pop record, nothing more and not much less. Very well produced, full of literary references, & easy to take down, it's yet not a memorable or meaningful thing, neither musically nor conceptually. What they're getting at, no one knows and no one cares; the Pynchon/Burroughs/Ballard footnotes are annoying. 'Night touched my hands / W/ the turning, golden skans'; 'Galloping, galloping beams faster'; 'All ships of sense on hyper ocean / All kinds of chaos still in motion.' It's a watered-down, unnecessary recall of Joy Division, w/o any of the dignity.

stuff i probably listen to but it doesnt really stick out 2/5

The name of the band does not live up to what I was envisioning.

History and hindsight suggest the 2007 Mercury Prize should’ve gone to Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black instead of whatever this is.

I don't hate it. It reminds me of a simpler time. The album is definitely painfully millennial (lol). They synths made me feel alot of nostalgia -- feel very true to early 2000s. I just don't think it's necessarily for me. Highlights: As Above So Below, Forgotten Works

One good song Would not enjoy this concert 2/5

A sign of the times....this album really encapsulates what was happening on the "rock" scene in the mid-2000s.The sound itself is pretty generic for its day. High-powered dance beats with vocals that just remind me of a time where I wanted nothing to do with mainstream "rock" music. Good band. I can't deny the talent. But I can deny any claim that this album should be listened to more than once.

The Mercury Prize has a disappointing record when it comes to identifying acts that will have a lasting impact. Too many winners have been people whose moment soon passes, and few exemplify that more than Klaxons. They may have made reference to writers like Pynchon and Ballard but this only has a flashy surface without much content and it doesn't reward repeated listening. At least their name was apt: like a klaxon the sound is frantic and attention-grabbing but I was happy when it sped away into the distance

Überzeugt mich nicht

Post modern British indie rock that is obviously removed from the books in the next following editions. Checking google and Tick. Case of distribution balance across the decades? It’s completely ok, and it’s also completely unremarkable. It’s ok when on, but did I need to hear it? if part of the answer is I will never hear again. The sound and the score is so middling, a 3 but this now isn’t and never should have been a 1001 album, 2 Stars

Meh

Near future generic rock music slop

Totally unfamiliar with this band and album. It's just way too hyper-kinetic for my taste.

Why is this here? It was fine at the time. It’s not great now.

If you remove the vocals and add more melody and hooks, this could be the soundtrack for a strange fictional early 90's SNES Action RPG or Shmup called Klaxon. Unfortunately, it's no Plok!. To be fair, that's hard to measure up to.

This did absolutely nothing for me. So 2000s - this sound has not aged well. Wouldn’t listen again.

It was alright. I tuned out a bit but that might have been because of the headphones I had on might not have been right for this kind of music. The live version of Golden Scans at the end was terrible.

Mid, rar blanding av rock og noe annet. Medioker stemme

I listened to so much indie rock in the 2000s but this doesn't do it for me like other acts of the time.

4.5/10

I have little patience for this brand of 2000s indie; it's all so shrill and overloaded.

Yeah this isn’t for me. Atlantis To Interzone and Golden Skans are fun and interesting by tho.

indie millennial bullshit. some cool moments but most of its boring dribble. what terrible album to end my year on

muy el indie no es genero, wenos conceptos pero ejecución meh

This sounds like quintessential dance punk. You like that? Good. I don't care so much for it. Started this album and I have absolutely no desire to get back at it again.

Theatre kid music

That was disappointing. At risk of sounding like an old man that was just a load of noise. Golden Skans aside it was generally very poor. I was expecting a much stronger dance element - i had them in same pool as Glass Animals/ Tame Impala - but these guys are swimming in indie noise puddle.

It's just not for me, I get the kind of person this is for and the kind of music that it's trying to be, but for me, it's just not it. It all feels a bit try hard, It's very 2007 sounding and feeling, and not in a good way. Golden Skans is a banger though.

Does nothing for me specifically or for music generally.

Overall I think I’d have preferred to listen to a klaxon. Nothing really stood out for me. 2/5

Album is all over the place: some bangers, some slop Fave track: Golden Skans

Why is This Album on the List - part #8. 2/5

A fun dance punk indie outing. I would have loved this album had I found it in Middle School.

It was fine. Another English band that is out of place on a list like this.

Too weird for my tastes

Yeah, that's what indie rock sounded like in 2007.

4/10 An indie-rock focused album that won a Mercury Music Prize in the 2000s and barely got a sniff of success outside of the UK? Let’s see if it lives up to that shining overview, all we? In actual fact, I think there is a little bit of something to this. Unlike previous Mercury winners Franz Ferdinand, with whom critics compared them, I feel like there’s actually a bit more of a consistent vibe to this, a few more hooks and it generally engages my ear a little more. I found myself tapping my feet along with some of the rhythms and it did manage to drag me into its world now and then. Unfortunately, despite having some decent moments, things do kind of get swamped here and there by underdeveloped structures and repetitive songwriting. They do drift in and out of a generic indie-rock sound across the record, but at least there’s some attempt at developing a bit more interest and nuance to the sound, even if they don’t always pull it off. There were times when they built some decent sonic interest or grooves, but were let down by the lack of development of those ideas. Perhaps that’s a little churlish when most of the songs are under three and a half minutes, but I could have done with a bit more adventure to expand on the central ideas of the songs. In terms of overall sound, I don’t really get the ‘new rave’ label. Yeah, it’s got some synths on it, but it leans far more towards higher-tempo indie rock with a couple of synth lines than dance music to my ears. I suppose it’s a label meant to say ‘this will go down well at 1am in an indie club’, but it hardly screams ‘rave’ to me. The biggest problem I had with this is that the elements of it that I liked had been done in better and more inventive ways by other bands. Chuck me a Gorillaz, Electric Six, Everything Everything or M83 album and I could pick out elements of those that were my highlights on this album, but form part of a more stylistically and musically satisfying whole than Klaxons manage to offer. All in all, not awful, but not particularly great or memorable either. Two Receivers - It’s a decent enough start. Some nice driving drums and atmospheric synth work. It feels like it’s building to something. When the next section comes, it still feels like it’s building to something. I mean, it’s ok, but it seems to constantly hint at a destination that it never arrives at, and it’s a bit too repetitive while doing it. Atlantis To Interzone - Good lord, that ‘DJ’ casio keyboard sample is a terrible way to start things. It gets a bit better though. There’s nice pace and drive to it, and then it breaks into something akin to Electric Six. This isn’t bad really. The pacy verse vocals are a bit too on-the-nose 2000s indie for my liking, but the rest of it is pretty good. The way it’s put together doesn’t quite click 100%, but it’s a decent effort. Golden Skans - Ah, a single. Another that’s decent enough. The vocal lines in the pre-chorus and chorus feel a bit overwritten and could do with a bit more space. It also drags on a little too much through some of the sections, making it a bit too repetitive. Quite an achievement for a song that clocks in under three minutes. Add some variation lads! Totem On The Timeline - Generic 2000s indie rock beat - check. Generic 2000s indie rock riff - check. Generic 2000s indie rock vocal line - that’s a full house! It’s pretty derivative, but it’s got decent energy to it. It’s not bad, it’s just another one off the production line. As Above, So Below - The pace drops for this one. It’s a bit more plodding and the production is overly saturated, but in a way that isn’t particularly pleasant and doesn’t really fit the tone of the song. It’s a fairly by the numbers indie rock song, but it’s made worse by that odd production decision. Isle Of Her - It feels like there are some decent ideas in here, but the organisation of them just doesn’t expose them in a completely satisfying way. It’s almost got the tone of a Gorillaz song, but there’s not enough of a hook anywhere and it feels a bit disorganised and gets stuck on its ideas, rather than expanding on them. Gravity's Rainbow - There’s more pace to this and a decent shuffling little rhythm to it. Some of the guitar work is actually pretty good too, and I quite like the bass line and tone. There’s some nice range between the verse and chorus. It’s not necessarily the most inventive or innovative song, but for a two and a half minute pop-rocker, it’s pretty good. Forgotten Works - This has got a bit of underlying pace and drive to it from the bass and drums, but the rest of it is pretty monotonous and repetitively uninspired. I feel like this song was just washed over me and didn’t really offer much in the way of inspiration or intrigue. Magick - This is quite frantic from the instrumentation, but the vocals don’t match the intensity of it and the stilted vocal lines during the verses go on for too long and become quite irritating. I think there are some moments in here, but again it feels like a mish-mash of ideas and intensities that doesn’t quite achieve its goal or really feel completely coherent. It's Not Over Yet - This is a cover, and it’s not bad. Proper indie club night fare. There’s a good dynamic and pace shift between verse and chorus and it’s got some good hooks. I’m not ever going to be choosing to listen to this personally, but I can see why it was successful. Four Horsemen Of 2012 - This has got a bit more to it. The drive and grit of the instrumentation and the vocal actually match pretty well. It’s noisy and brash and has a bit of something about it. It doesn’t feel like anything particularly new, but it’s got a bit of weight and interest to it. It’s another that could get repetitive after a while, but it's only just over two minutes long so doesn’t get the chance.

This is good for the FIFA games loading screen, but I wouldn't sit and listen to it.

Etwas zu hastig und undefiniert

Meh

The one famous track saves the album from being just a piece of litter its era. It's noisy in an unpleasant way with none of the qualities of that have made their contemporaries long lasting. There's a couple of tracks that are totally unappealing but the ideas within run their course after 30s.

Very repetivie, not my genre + why would you add a song where 80% there is no sound... 1,5/5

More of the same. Relatively bland, yet always repetitious electronica. At least this one has some decent voices, but then they get buried in loops of noise. Shame. Sounds like some young guys heard Chemical Bros and thought that was good music, but then (at least!) added some better vocals too it. Sadly, not quite enough. I had to wait a couple of days to come back to this one to give it a fair shake. If I'd listened twice in 2 days, it would have gotten a 1 and some curse words. I'll give it a 2 because I'm sure someone likes this, perhaps while dancing on drugs. It's just not for me and won't ever be heard again.

Confuso, barulhento e insignificante.

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

Gear: ZiiGaat x Hangout.Audio: Odyssey 2 Artwork: 👀👾✂️ Production: 🔊🎚️😖 Music: 📢🤯🤨 Rating: 👁️👁️/5

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

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.

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.

Just okay british alternative rock 2.5

Rapidly lost interest in this, two stars.

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

Meh. Didn't capture my attention back then or now. Mediocre outside of a couple catchy songs

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

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

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.

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.

Lowkey fragmented.

Pretty average in all respects.

Didn’t really like this one. We are wasting slots

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

Ikke dårligt, men heller ikke meget mindeværdigt. "Isle of Her" kunne noget og "Gravity's Rainbow" var også lidt fængende.

This was hit-or-miss for me, a couple pretty strong tracks but a lot that were fairly forgettable.

Blah

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

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.

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

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.

Rythmic energy, blends together. I don't quite get the lyrics.

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.

Golden Skans was everywhere when this album dropped. Not really my type of music at the time. Decent enough album. High 2s.

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.

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

Some kind of British pop-electric-prog-dance thing. Nothing too special.

...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.

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.

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)

Was skeptical based on the crappy album art, the music was as advertised

Not really my type of music. But there was one song I kind of liked.

Rock alternativo, no he sentido mucha atracción hacia él aunque se aprecia calidad. 5/10

Not for me. Felt like it went on forever

Only one good song on this album

Sounds like hipster music.

Kind of annoying in the end.

Listened a while ago and I honestly remember nothing from it so it gets 2

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.

Zzzz

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?

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.

no me viene gustando eh alguna que otra canción

the moment when I stopped listening - the moment when I forgot

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.

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.

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.

Pretty lame but not the worst

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.