Myths Of The Near Future
The Age
Friday February 9, 2007
MUSIC REVIEW: Myths of the Near Future, Klaxons (Modular/Universal) ***
There's been some seriously harsh reviews of this debut album from (apparently) early-1990s-loving trio Klaxons. Sure, the yelping vocals and deliberately messy beats occasionally grate, but the South Londoners' fusion of dance-punk is anything but dull. Klaxons emerged last year with an occasionally brilliant EP, Xan Valleys, and since then have enjoyed the swift rise to prominence that only British acts seem able to achieve. (The band even visited Melbourne last year for a fleeting performance at their label Modular Records' end-of-year shindig). At its best, as on luminous single Golden Skans, Myths of the Near Future veers close to brilliance. But at its worst it's a tiresome racket, the band sounding like a more camp, less disciplined Bloc Party. The penultimate track, a nimble cover of the house classic It's Not Over Yet, co-written by Paul Oakenfold, sums it up, managing to be both satisfyingly hook-laden and irritatingly noisy. -- ANDREW MURFETT
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