Porn groove. Symphonic metal. Brechtian punk cabaret. And now, add Klaxons\u2019 self-professed new-rave to the list of oddly intriguing music genres, though glow-sticks and glitter are conspicuously absent from this type of rave. Instead, the rising Brit superstars (made up of Jamie Reynolds on vocals and bass, guitarist Simon Taylor-Davis, vocalist and keyboardist James Righton and Steffan Halperin handling drums and backing vocals) have defied all labels to ambitiously combine the best of Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand, then set the resulting mixture to warp speed. But whatever the ingredients, the final result is refreshingly intelligent and infectiously catchy without the embarrassment of proclaiming yourself to be, say, a Justin Timberlake fan (sigh, I\u2019m so misunderstood).<\/p>\n
Myths Of The Near Future <\/i>launches straight into darkly brooding \u201cTwo Receivers\u201d which effortlessly combines soaring production, eerily ominous choruses and yearning piano chords to envelop you into Klaxons\u2019 fantastical world of centaurs, space-travelers and sequined swans.<\/p>\n
Owing to its self-styled schizophrenia, the album then switches gears entirely, suddenly erupting into blaring sirens to announce second single \u201cAtlantis To Interzone.\u201d Irresistibly hooky with an unforgettable chorus and pounding hyperactivity, this track defies any notion of pop music\u2019s disposability. <\/p>\n
And things just get better from there: radio-friendly \u201cGolden Skans\u201d silkily grooves to godly lyrics (\u201cNight touch my hand with the turning golden skans \/ From the night and the light, all plans are golden in your hand\u201d) while \u201cTotem On The Timeline\u201d is inexorably driven by electronic beats and swaying club choruses (and inexplicably manages to name-check Julius Caesar, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa within the first few seconds).<\/p>\n
Every turn of Myths <\/i>seems to reveal a new genre-bending; be it cyclops and unicorns coexisting amid oblique references to William S. Burroughs or a crunching guitar riff below layers of dance-pop, the enigmatic Klaxons defy all convention, gimmicks or pretension. Whether it\u2019s a result of sheer bravado or just insanity, the album climaxes with two polar opposite tracks, the almost terrifying Gregorian chants of \u201cIsle Of Her\u201d and \u201cGravity\u2019s Rainbow,\u201d a giddily breathless two-minute punch of twisted-pop <\/p>\n
Myths Of The Near Future <\/i>may clock in at just thirty-five minutes, but every second is spilling over with their now-signature frantic, hyperactive energy and textured pop soundscapes, an endearing combination that manages to remain deliciously burned into your brain long after the album itself has cooled off. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":28744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7933],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-40238","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-klaxons","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40238"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}