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- Summary: 'Myths' marks the debut for the fun-loving dance-rock (or as the band themselves call it, "new rave") four-piece from Brighton, England.
- Record Label: Geffen
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Dance
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Top Track
Golden Skans | |
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Light touched my hands in a dream of golden skans From now on, you can forget all future plans Night touched my hands with the turning, golden... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 28
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Mixed: 8 out of 28
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Negative: 1 out of 28
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This isn't a rave record. It was never supposed to be. It's a wildly varying catalogue of melody and energy that eschews genre and scene in favour of songwriting and awe-inspiringly beefy production.
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If it's house music you're after then you won't like this because this (sorry to point out the bloody obvious) is something completely different. And that, as far as we're concerned, is the whole point.
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For a band that formed little over a year ago, the energy and intent of this record is thrilling and the music rarely fails their undoubtedly grand ambitions.
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It's a little uneven and definitely not the reinvention of music as we know it, but Myths of the Near Future is a strong enough debut to survive a level of hype that has crushed other bands, and enjoyable enough to return to when the hype dies down.
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Listen to the tracks that are not being released as singles and you'll see that the band truly does have something to offer outside of their super-fun-party-time aesthetic.
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Q MagazineTidy enough indie pop, though the glowstick remains unwaved. [Feb 2007, p.99]
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The songs descend the same chords repeatedly and ponderously, as if the band were falling down the same flight of stairs over and over again.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 29
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Mixed: 7 out of 29
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Negative: 4 out of 29
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voodoocookieJun 11, 2007
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MacyGFeb 7, 2007FantasticK!
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NickRMar 1, 2007Great album best thing I have heard in along time
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JPFeb 3, 2007
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JohnSMay 14, 2007Soaring through space and time to a land of glow sticks and neons. The Klaxons have arrived
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LucasA.Jun 7, 2007
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WillMar 5, 2007Pathetic rubbish, Guardian review is spot on.
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