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A hall of records, or numbers, or spaces still undone. Ruins or relics, disciples and her young
Well it can’t be helped. Any review on Klaxons records will always, always mentions about sunken cities, lost civilizations, ruined ancient buildings, future love, time travel, Cyclops, centaurs and magic. Any such review will also quote the lyrics of Four Horsemen of 2012: There’s a half-man half-horse that still polutes my thoughts as he rides on a flame in the sky….
That’s what Klaxons, the most visionary band in the last decade, are all about. This is the band that describes their music as ‘when Buzz Aldrin returned to Earth and became a Muslim’. They have a vision, perhaps visions. Their debut album, aptly titled Myths of the Near Future, contains music that has the potential to change the shape of Music forever. Klaxons have actually done it earlier last year, when they woke Britain up with the siren at the beginning of Atlantis to Interzone and helped the birth of so-called new rave. But as lesser bands come and go, Klaxons hid in their studio and poured every ammunition they have into the album – and so they have come out with a groundbreaking record that surpasses anything ever happened in new rave. And, probably, in Music. Punk-meets-dance has reached its peak with Klaxons. Read the rest of this entry »
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