Almost a decade has passed since Jamie Reynolds, James Righton and Simon Taylor-Davis formed Klaxons, leading the brief yet bombastic blip in the music scene known as new rave.
Their third album comes four years after Surfing the Void, an album reportedly inspired by biblical visions experienced after the ingestion of Peruvian hallucinogen ayahuasca. Love Frequency, however, was created by the minds of a very different group of men. As Reynolds told the Guardian recently, the trio have "moved on" from the days of Shaman visiting and wild hedonism; they now run marathons, channel their emotions and test out their tunes on Keira Knightley (apparently A New Reality goes down particularly well).
"It's about us being honest about our position. It's songs inspired by the group and our experiences. The inspiration was probably the making of the record," Reynolds explains. "The first record was a lot about objects, whereas this one is about ideas. And it's more openly emotionally and personal."
So, have the Klaxons come of age? You can listen to a stream of the album below and let us know what you make of it in the comments.
The band go on tour in late October, taking in eight dates across the country, before culminating at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on 4 November.
