Klaxons: Surfing the Void | CD review

(Polydor)Whether or not you think Klaxons deserved to beat Amy Winehouse and Bat for Lashes to win the 2007 Mercury prize, you have to admit it made for good telly. Visibly under the influence, the quartet seemed genuinely gobsmacked by their good fortune. Firm in the belief that an entertaining lie is preferable to a mundane truth, they then told reporters that they planned to invest their winnings in research into telepathy.Klaxons' victorious debut, Myths of the Near Future, was partly inspir...

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Klaxons: Surfing the Void | CD review

Guardian Music — (Polydor)Whether or not you think Klaxons deserved to beat Amy Winehouse and Bat for Lashes to win the 2007 Mercury prize, you have to admit it made for good telly. Visib... more info