Klaxons

Overview

No-one will ever tire of trying to define the Klaxons. "Acid-rave sci-fi punk-funk", "Nascent indie", "Spartan rock" — these Mercury award-winning Londonians have seen every genre thrown their way since they jokingly coined the term 'New Rave' back in 2007 to describe their sound. But three years after spacejumping their way onto the indie circuit, this colourful four-piece are out of the studio and onto a tourjet, as they head Down Under to promote their sophomore LP release Surfing the Void.

With single 'Echoes' already streaming like a tear duct and album art sporting Jamie Reynold's kitty Orphee in a spacesuit, the Down Under the Void tour promise to place new material quite nicely beside favourites from the critically acclaimed debut Myths Of The Near Future without losing any futuristic momentum. With a progressive yet accessible sound produced by Ross Robinson (Sepultura, At The Drive In, The Cure), these larrikins are refreshingly still 'pop sensible' as Reynolds told NME the foursome abandoned a heavy psychedelic record for more radio-friendly tunes.

With no lack of that sense of youthful frivolity found in hit single 'Golden Skans', any second album stigma has managed to elude audiences across Europe, with Oz judgement scheduled for September. With two exclusive shows in Sydney and Melbourne, these self-proclaimed 'spiritual' residents of Shoreditch aren't sticking around for long. Thus with ticket in hand, the only thing left to do is foolishly attempt to label them. Accessible hi-rave? Nu-wave dreamtro pop? Rainbow futurist synth-chemistry? Space cattery? Enough, let's just go with 'pop'.