Trendy novelty or award-winning visionaries? That's the question that's been circling Klaxons's much-delayed follow-up to their debut, Myths of the Near Future, which bagged the Mercury prize in 2007. Turns out they're neither, simply a functional rock band with interesting haircuts. Electronics, dance covers and most things connected to the "new rave" tag with which they arrived have been ditched. In their place comes a richer, guitar-heavy sound, a makeover that, while efficient, stifles the sense of mischief, as well as the pop sensibility, that made them fun in the first place.
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Gareth Grundy
Gareth Grundy is deputy editor of the Observer Food Monthly. A former deputy editor of the Observer Music Monthly, he also writes about pop for the New Review
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