Myths Of The Near Future
by Klaxons
  • Record Label: Geffen
  • Release Date: Mar 27, 2007
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 72 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 72
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 72
  3. Negative: 8 out of 72

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  1. Alex
    Mar 24, 2007
    8
    Have liked the Klaxons for a while now, and downloaded the four dozen songs off their myspace site. The hype has grown, and the album was never going to meet theype - but it's very good. Those who were hoping for ten versions of Golden Skans will be disappointed, but those who like their 'Atlantis To Interzone' side as well will find it rewarding.
  2. JustinR
    Feb 3, 2007
    9
    Hype aside, this is a killer album. 'Myths' sounds like nothing else out there and althoughit may not work for some, I just can't get enough.
  3. Mick
    Mar 9, 2007
    7
    Hits some real highs, however, not the best album to listen to all the way through. This band does have a amazing live show though
  4. JP
    Feb 3, 2007
    7
    No matter how many times i repeat Myths... it never manages to reach the expectations that the likes of 'Atlantis To Interzone' and 'Gravity's Rainbow' set before it.
  5. NickR
    Mar 1, 2007
    9
    Great album best thing I have heard in along time
  6. KingOfShapes
    Mar 28, 2007
    9
    Fantastic, frenetic indie-electro-pop! Klaxons are good, by no means great, but they've got enough identity stamped all over the tracks on this album to make this record something unique. The songs are diverse enough to keep the album interesting. The energy and urgency are present in all songs, and the electronica emplyed here is done with a great degree of style. There are only 2 Fantastic, frenetic indie-electro-pop! Klaxons are good, by no means great, but they've got enough identity stamped all over the tracks on this album to make this record something unique. The songs are diverse enough to keep the album interesting. The energy and urgency are present in all songs, and the electronica emplyed here is done with a great degree of style. There are only 2 poor tracks on the album, and i've only knocked off one mark because the rest of the album makes up for it. Its an exciting record, and can be listened to as a collection of indie songs or as beating, bleeping dancefloor fodder. Ace!… Expand
  7. royr
    Apr 18, 2007
    10
    im his dad his band are amazing :-) then i would say that wouldnt i serious heis band is seriously great
  8. voodoocookie
    Jun 11, 2007
    10
    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...)
  9. JoeavN
    Feb 11, 2007
    9
    For me, it's the graetest album out for earley 2007. Just a fun listen!!!
  10. Mr.Hankey
    Feb 5, 2007
    8
    A nice and melodic disc that is made up of schizophrenic vocals (that are really beautiful) and nice/upbeat electro-rock. Think the Beach Boys meet New Order and you have it!
  11. MacyG
    Feb 7, 2007
    10
    FantasticK!
  12. CaitlinS
    Mar 10, 2007
    8
    Personally, I'm really enjoying this album. Very fun to listen to. For it's genre, I feel it's in the upper end compared to many other similar bands. The music gets you up, moving and dancing and after all, isn't that all that matters in the end? Who cares if it's the same chord progressions over and over, music shoud not be over-analyzed. Simply, enjoyed.
  13. TadeuM
    Mar 27, 2007
    10
    One of the best this year.
  14. JohnS
    May 14, 2007
    7
    Soaring through space and time to a land of glow sticks and neons. The Klaxons have arrived
  15. CatParrott
    Mar 11, 2007
    7
    I love it, a breath of fresh air to all the latest indie bands
  16. vitorf
    Mar 13, 2007
    8
    Nice surprise! Very string and innovative...
  17. PianoMan
    Aug 24, 2010
    9
    The rave scene. When you think about it, you would associate it with house music and drum 'n' bass. The kind of music you'd hear blaring out of many 17 year-old adolescents' cars on a main road in a not very well known town. And then something weird happened. Rave got indie. New and young bands emerged and took indie music to the clubs. There were many pioneers of this. Late Of The Pier,The rave scene. When you think about it, you would associate it with house music and drum 'n' bass. The kind of music you'd hear blaring out of many 17 year-old adolescents' cars on a main road in a not very well known town. And then something weird happened. Rave got indie. New and young bands emerged and took indie music to the clubs. There were many pioneers of this. Late Of The Pier, for example, or Crystal Castles with their 8-bit chips at the ready. But there was no pioneer as distinctive, popular or insane as Klaxons.

    Now with less experienced indie-rave bands, they will make an album which will sound pretty strange and almost chaotic, but at the same time make an album that fails to capture their live sound. So all of the pressure was on Klaxons to make a pretty damn good album. And did they do it?

    Well 'Myths Of The Near Future' starts with 'Two Receivers', which starts with a quiet build-up of drums that then leads to a massive chorus, with indie guitars, rave synthesizers, and HUGE bass. Following it is 'Atlantis To Interzone', which is a primary example of Klaxons can do when they go absolutely mental. It's also the best ever use of a school Yamaha DJ keyboard. The clubs love it. The indie fans love it. And I love it.

    Then comes the song Klaxons are probably famous for, 'Golden Skans'. It's one of the most simple moments here, but still satisfies the ravers in great style. 'Totem On The Timeline' is a frantic 3-minute frenzy that's lyrics speak of meeting various historical figures in Club 1830. I.e. it's great.

    So too is 'As Above So Below', slower than some songs on here, but still keeps the wild party alive. Mind you, it would do, because it has a chorus the size of the cosmos it speaks of. 'Isle Of Her' is the slowest song on the album (and longest, if you don't count the 17-minute silence at the end of 'Four Horsemen Of 2012', which I'll talk about later). But is it boring? Hell no. It's as weird as the rest of the album, singing "Cyclops gazing alone", but is strangely chilling, something which Klaxons do very well indeed.

    The pace picks up with the arrival of single 'Gravity's Rainbow'. It's only two-and-a-half minutes, but it fills those two-and-a-half minutes with some of the most chaotic, insane and brilliant indie music that has been gracing the whole of Klaxons' debut. 'Forgotten Works' recalls J.G Ballard's short story book, which is also called 'Myths Of The Near Future', hence the album title. But the references are surrounded in a sound that dominates the three-and-a-half minutes. It is fantastic.

    Then comes what is definitely the pinnacle of the album, 'Magick'. Lesson to new bands: blaring synthesizers, pummeling drums and chilling vocals makes up for one hell of a song. Take heed, songwriters. Then comes a cover of the 90s dance made famous by Grace, 'Not Over Yet', which is a song I don't like. But if you listen to the cover version, you'll be able to tell that Klaxons have transformed it into something it should have been originally - mind-blowing.

    It all finishes with the afore mentioned 'Four Horsemen Of 2012', which, if not for the 17-minute silence following it, would be the shortest song on the album. The song itself is the noisiest and the scariest, but is incredibly thrilling at the same time.

    To sum up, then, 'Myths Of The Near Future' is regularly cacophonous, often insane and sometimes terrifying. Which is everything an indie-rave album should be.

    DOWNLOAD: 'Two Recievers', 'Forgotten Works', 'Magick'    … Expand
  18. Ricko
    Feb 8, 2013
    7
    It's got an absolutely blistering cover of "It's Not Over Yet" and you see absolute genius in action here. Outside of that there isn't much else that grabs my attention. Yes its experimental and tried lots of new ideas out but generally it reminds me of a poorer, much less focused and much less melodic version of Bloc Party.

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Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. BBC collective
    70
    Klaxons serve up Day-Glo pagan ritual and pop silliness on toast, and kids get sick on it.
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  2. Dot Music
    80
    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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  3. Drowned In Sound
    90
    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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