Myths
Of The Near Future
KLAXONS
Released 29th January on
Rinse/Polydor
Reviewed by: Sarah
(Music4m)
‘Myths of the Near
Future’ is the first
album offering from the
Klaxons and it’s
literally out of this
world. The Klaxons and
their equally assorted
followers have landed
and at last a band that
we can say is truly
unique. They are
unquestionably shaping
the future of music …and
its neon!
Klaxons cleverly
capture the influences
of 2001: Space Odyssey,
prolific English writer
and occultist Aleister
Crowley, Bowie, The
Wicker Man, to name a
few and use them to
cross over many genres,
re-inventing and
reviving the last four
decades of music What's
more they are doing it
so effectively that they
are crafting an
unequivocal genre of
their own. ‘Nu Rave’
does indeed apply to The
Klaxons however this can
be a slightly deceptive
sticker and trust me you
don’t have to be part of
the ‘SKINS’ generation
to get on this. There is
definitely a movement of
some sort going on here
but are they pioneering
the fourth wave of rock
n roll? Quite possibly!
‘Two Receivers’
set offs the journey
into the realms of
sublime sci-fi with a
rumbling bass line storm
and weeps souring
falsetto harmonies
“…Eternal Flow, Strings
to your bow, roam
through the globe…” ‘Atlantis
to Interzone’
references a short story
collection, Interzone,
by William S. Burroughs
and sounds the signature
klaxon alarms. Nu rave
is all up in your face
and ready for the revolt!
Down a notch and “ooooooooo ahhhhhh” we are again
flowing through the
universe with the catchy
Golden Skans,
guaranteed to sooth your
head... and stay there! ‘Totem
on the Timeline’ is
clearly 80’s new wave
punk but with a
blast of shiny
futuristic aluminium.
‘As
Above So Below’ is
introspective and thick
with anticipation. ‘Isle
Of Her’ is a
chanting broody
ceremonial march and 'Gravity’s
Rainbow' a
beautiful chaotic cyber
love song …“come with
me, come with me we’ll
travel to infinity” and
then into a world of
60’s Gregorian
Psychadelia with “Forgotten
Words” .
Their propeller single
Magick “do
what you will” is a
unique hotch potch of
riffs effects and vocals
and references Aleister
Crowley and the Order of
the Golden Dawn. Grace’s
‘Not over yet’
cover serves as a
rebirth to the classic
dance anthem and
shrewdly preserves all
of its original appeal.
The last track ‘The
Four Horsemen of 2012'
is a flay of guitars and
Klaxon effects ending
prematurely in the
second minute only to
take up its last breath
at the seventeenth
for a climactic
‘Barbarella’ ending
Essentially a
concept or single themed
album, Myths Of The Near
Future is more than a
musically insightful
intelligent mind and
genre bending album, it
is setting a precedence.
At the day of reckoning
there will be some that
still won’t bow to The
Klaxons and then there
are those of us
visionaries who will.
Welcome to the
future.
Its f*cking
mental!
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