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by Paperslut on 02/23/2007

I'll be honest. I like NME. And they like everything. I haven't read a single review that was under 7 of 10. And ever since they gave Klaxons 9, I'd been waiting to get my hands on this baby. Oh man is their website trippy.

Heralded as the new wave of new rave, the weight of expectation on MOTNF was high. And fortunately, I'm a sucker for opening tracks. So Two Receivers had me at hello, though admittedly I thought it was the opening to Sick Sad Little World (Incubus). And though it's not really a 9 of 10 track, it's got enough spunk in it to ensure a good start to the album.

From then on, it's a roller coaster ride through, well, most places in South England (okay so they're from London), some places in Morocco and wherever else there's a party with alcohol punch and fruit. Golden Skans, with it's floaty ooo's and aaa's is psychedelic pop at its best with its druids and whatnots. Somewhere in between Franz Ferdinand and The Strokes we find ourselves drunk in the video game end credits of Gravity's Rainbow and suddenly the Bee Gees type vocal harmonies aren't that cheesy anymore. Phew. It's not just the harmonies that bring back fond memories of disco and shiny balls, but just the way the songs flow from one bouncy robot beat to another.

Where Klaxons lose out to, say The Rapture, is in energy. Which is not to say that the songs aren't terribly exciting. "Light the bridges with the lantern, you know something's going to happen" (Forgotten Worlds) Klaxons may be caught for trying too hard. Maybe.

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Album Details

Year: 2007
Label: Polydor Records
Producer: James Ford
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Tracklist

1	Two Receivers
2	Atlantis to Interzone
3	Golden Skans
4	Totem On The Timeline
5	As Above
6	Isle of Her
7	Gravity's Rainbow
8	Forgotten Works
9	Magick
10	It's Not Over Yet
11	Four Horsemen

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