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Surfing the Void - Klaxons
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68 out of 100

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6.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: The follow-up to the band's Mercury Prize-winning 2007 debut album Myths Of The Near Future was produced by Ross Robinson.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    With Simon Taylor-Davies' walloping guitar scree lancing through it, it also sounds distinctly like the work of four individuals who have transcended the genre-meld they spearheaded when new rave broke in 2007 and become a great British band.
  2. No Ripcord
    80
    They play directly to the people willing to get swept up in a communal euphoria, and they do that very, very well.
  3. Mojo
    60
    The gap between theoretical mind-blowing freakout and actual indie underpinnings remains acute, however, as Venusia and Valley Of The Calm Trees suggest Klaxons may just be Mansun with a faster processor. [Sep 2010, p.103]
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  1. MikeCop
    10
    After waiting four whole years, finally the Klaxons released a new album. They actually were going to have the album come out sooner, however their record company deemed it "too experimental" and made them go back and record the album that you see today. They are planning though to have their songs that didn't make the album cut to come out sometime soon: http://www.nme.com/news/klaxons/52450. Surfing the Void was a very pleasant surprise, for those who were looking for more of a harder sounding album there are maybe 2-3 songs of the 10 that are like that, one including their first single off this album, Flashover. Regardless they still continue to play their dubbed "nu rave" sound and overall it's a good sophomore album. It'll be interesting to hear their other songs that didn't make the cut when they come out.… Expand
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