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Drowned In Sound

This isn't a rave record. It was never supposed to be. It's a wildly varying catalogue of melody and energy that eschews genre and scene in favour of songwriting and awe-inspiringly beefy production.

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New Musical Express

'Myths Of The Near Future' is charged with the same spirit which fuelled legendary rave pranksters The KLF's period of pop subversion.

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Lost At Sea

Along with Sounds of Silver, Myths of the Near Future is thus far the best dance (rock) album of 2007 that you can rock (dance)-out to.

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Under The Radar

The biggest surprise of Myths, and what sets it apart from Klaxons’ peers like New Young Pony Club and Crystal Castles, is the strength and depth of their pop tunes. [#17, p.92]

Observer Music Monthly

You get the sense they don't know exactly what they're aiming for, and the resulting mish-mash of crude energy and unfocused ambition leaves the listener gloriously befuddled.

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Playlouder

If it's house music you're after then you won't like this because this (sorry to point out the bloody obvious) is something completely different. And that, as far as we're concerned, is the whole point.

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Mojo

It's conceived, written and designed for the loud appreciation of sweat-drenched pill-poppers at a 'nitespot' nowhere near you. And as such, it succeeds in magnificently silly style. [Feb 2007, p.100]

Dot Music

For a band that formed little over a year ago, the energy and intent of this record is thrilling and the music rarely fails their undoubtedly grand ambitions.

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Uncut

Klaxons bristle with energy and ideas. [Feb 2007, p.77]

Urb

If you're in need of hype, and think Oasis are too old and lame anyway, and the Arctic Monkeys are just kind boring, maybe you need... the Klaxons. [Apr 2007, p.106]

Entertainment Weekly

You don't need a literature degree to appreciate the hooks and glorious, frenetic rhythms. [30 Mar 2007, p.75]

Pitchfork

Klaxons' lyrical pretensions, alas, can be a reminder why the best house and trance music often emphasizes atmosphere over meaning.

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Blender

It’s an immersive, art-school-bred aesthetic that, three or four times on the band’s debut album, makes for some very good music, too.

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All Music Guide

It's a little uneven and definitely not the reinvention of music as we know it, but Myths of the Near Future is a strong enough debut to survive a level of hype that has crushed other bands, and enjoyable enough to return to when the hype dies down.

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Almost Cool

Mostly a blast of fun.

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Billboard

This debut can't quite capture the wide-eyed euphoria of a Klaxons live show, but readymade anthems like "Golden Skans," "Totem on the Timeline" and "Magick" will energize dance fans and rockers alike.

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Dusted Magazine

Listen to the tracks that are not being released as singles and you'll see that the band truly does have something to offer outside of their super-fun-party-time aesthetic.

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Sputnikmusic

Myths of the Near Future is no classic- the highs don’t come fast enough to warrant that- but it’s a solid debut release from one of the least pretentious bands around.

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BBC collective

Klaxons serve up Day-Glo pagan ritual and pop silliness on toast, and kids get sick on it.

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musicOMH.com

If it weren't for the big three singles... and the habitually contagious Golden Skans standing well above the rest of the album, there would be nothing new or interesting about Myths.

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Q Magazine

Tidy enough indie pop, though the glowstick remains unwaved. [Feb 2007, p.99]

Prefix Magazine

So eager are Klaxons to prove they're not one-trick "new ravers" that they fall into contemporary dance-rock conventions.

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cokemachineglow

Myths of the Near Future is probably the most assured British debut since Franz Ferdinand’s self-titled.

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PopMatters

While Myths of the Near Future is far from revolutionary, the creative, layered production on their debut is definitely worth checking out.

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

Most of this album is a slapdash mess.

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Stylus Magazine

This clearly isn’t rave, or even a reinvention of rave. They’re an indie band with a half-decent gimmick.

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Rolling Stone

On Myths, they expand their suspiciously indie-ish rock riffs with tales of centaurs ("4 Horsemen of 2012") and Cyclopses ("Isle of Her"). Glowsticks are go! Or not!

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The Guardian

The songs descend the same chords repeatedly and ponderously, as if the band were falling down the same flight of stairs over and over again.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 41 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Clara P. gave it a4:
two or three ok songs, then those monotonous, repetitive sing-songy chord structures, over and over and over again I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown - aaaaahhhh! "glow sticks"? "neon" what is this? have you people ever heard real rave music (it was 90% horrible too!) this is just fashion music. clangy and irritating after track four but yeah, first few tracks ok. mercury prize!?!? nuts.

voodoocookie gave it a10:
I was surprised by how catchy this album is. I couldn't not stop listening to it for the past 6 months or whenever it first came out! Bloody briilliant and awesome live too! (Although crowd is a bit young, but hey it's still as fun...)

Simon gave it a2:
Hugely disappointing. The lyrics are a mess and the music repetitive. Not worth the hype and no indication of "nu rave" what-so-ever. Get out there and buy The Arcade Fire or Arctic Monkeys and leave trollop like this on the shelf.

Lucas A. gave it a5:
Several great tracks like 'Atlantis to Interzone' or 'Gravity's Rainbow', but ultimately horribly over-hyped. And actually quite boring.

John S gave it a7:
Soaring through space and time to a land of glow sticks and neons. The Klaxons have arrived

joe l gave it a0:
Horrible. A huge disapointment, makes me lose faith in the direction music might be going.

roy r gave it a10:
im his dad his band are amazing :-) then i would say that wouldnt i serious heis band is seriously great

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