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The Klaxons - Gravity’s Rainbow

by Dave Parrack

This is the new single from new rave indie rockers The Klaxons, which came out on Monday (9th April). It’s a re-release of ‘Gravity’s Rainbow’, a song which first came out in March of 2006, but was limited to only 500 copies on 7″ vinyl. Now, with the Klaxons much more well known and at the forefront of the indie revoultion, it’s available again, with remixes from Soulwax and Electrickery and a live version of the song.

The song is from the album ‘Myths Of The Near Future’, a collection of electro pop songs fused with indie guitar riffs that never get boring, are infinitely listenable and exciting. The song is named after Thomas Pynchon’s novel of the same name, and it takes you on a journey exploring some of the themes of the book. I love the potency of the bassline, and the fact it maintains throughout the song, giving it a hard rock kind of feel.

The video is more of the same from the band, with them dressed in sharp suits and looking suitably cool, as they are transported through the universe. Towards the end we get to see a glimpse of the band playing, rocking out, which makes a nice change from the sober and chilled look they normally adopt. I love some of the imagery, especially the rubik’s cube themes at the end.

This band are one of those British groups that deserve to be bigger than they already are. The people who are in to them, think/know they are due to change the face of music, at least in this country, and follow them with a level of loyalty and fanaticism that hasn’t been seen since the Arctic Monkeys built on their underground following a few years ago. As one of the commenters on YouTube put it…
The Past = The Beatles
The Present = The Arctic Monkeys
The Future = The Klaxons! I think that says it all.

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Posted in Chart, Cult, Music, Review on April 10th, 2007

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  1. Separate Sound » Blog Archive » Wednesday Newsbits Says:
    April 11th, 2007 at 1:08 pm

    [...] British rockers The Klaxons are “at the forefront of the indie revolution,” says PopBuzzUK. [...]

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