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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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- Record Label: Polydor
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Echoes | |
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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:
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Positive: 13 out of 23
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Mixed: 10 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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They play directly to the people willing to get swept up in a communal euphoria, and they do that very, very well.
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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.
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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.
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Even Klaxons' most ominously rambunctious tracks grind out plenty of bug-eyed dream-pop chants.
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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.
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MojoThe 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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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.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Aug 23, 2010
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Mar 14, 2020
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