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Surfing the Void
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

  • 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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Echoes
Send out a sound for the wood between the worlds Gently repeat as the boundaries start to swirl Keep to the call that is twice now liminal It’s not... See the rest of the song lyrics
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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. 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.
  2. Clash Music
    80
    Combining this pandemonium with a more polished finish on the cosmic pop of "Echoes" and trademark falsetto chants of "Venusia," it's safe to say Surfing the Void was worth the wait.
  3. PopMatters
    80
    As on Myths of the Near Future, Klaxons have created an album in Surfing the Void that should work as well in a live setting as it does coming through speakers or headphones.
  4. Spin
    70
    Even Klaxons' most ominously rambunctious tracks grind out plenty of bug-eyed dream-pop chants.
  5. The Guardian
    60
    Klaxons' ambition to stand apart from the grey indie hordes, to race by in a blur of outlandish rhetoric and pupil-dilating intensity, is admirable, but there are too many road bumps on this particular trip.
  6. 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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  7. NOW Magazine
    40
    The hooks are in short supply, and the production, as on "Flashover," overstuffed and claustrophobic. That cat photo almost saves the day, but not quite.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. MikeCop
    Aug 23, 2010
    10
    After waiting four whole years, finally the Klaxons released a new album. They actually were going to have the album come out sooner, howeverAfter 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
  2. surf1ngthevoid
    Mar 14, 2020
    8
    Schizophrenic, darker, better-achieved melodies compared to its predecessor. Hard to choose only one or two songs that make the differenceSchizophrenic, darker, better-achieved melodies compared to its predecessor. Hard to choose only one or two songs that make the difference between the rest.… Expand

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