Reynolds, Righton and Taylor-Davies formed the band in New Cross, London, United Kingdom, in 2005 Their debut single, "Gravity's Rainbow" was released on 29 March 2006 as a 500 copies limited 7-inch vinyl, decorated by the band themselves. Their first first EP, Xan Valleys, was released on 16 October 2006, and contained their first two singles alongside some remixes.
Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007. The album won the 2007 Nationwide Mercury Prize.
After headlining their first tour (the 2007 NME Indie Rave Tour), as well as playing numerous festivals and headlining tours worldwide, the band started working on their follow-up album in October 2007.
HMV describes Klaxons as "acid-rave sci-fi punk-funk", a phrase lifted directly from Tim Chester's Radar feature in NME, while their MySpace page touts 'Psychedelic / Progressive / Pop'. However, they are one of the isolated acts being referred to as 'Nu Rave', a genre term coined by Angular Records founder Joe Daniel, who released the trio's first single. Though the band's sound is decidedly art rock, they draw upon some less common influences - notably the rave culture of the 1990s, which they appropriate and redefine in a post-modern fashion. Their influences are perhaps most represented in their covers of rave hits "The Bouncer" by Kicks Like a Mule and "Not Over Yet" by Grace. Both tracks have since been released by the band, the first as part of a double a-side with "Gravity's Rainbow" in March 2006 and the latter as a single on June 25, 2007 titled "It's Not Over Yet".
While the band are consistently hailed as the defining act of the sparsely-populated Nu Rave movement, Klaxons have worked to avoid being typecast as champions of the disputed genre that may or may not exist. Indeed, it is questionable whether or not the style referred to as "New Rave" is even appreciably different from the older genre dance-punk. Even so, Klaxons member Jamie Reynolds expressed no regrets at the dubious honor, saying that "...it's great that it started as an in-joke and became a minor youth subculture"
Klaxons recorded a song All Rights Reversed with Chemical Brothers on their album We Are The Night(2007).
Extra Astronomical
Klaxons Lyrics
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Orbiting machines
Entropy evaporates
Absorbing the obscene
Re-occurring collision glowing
Glowing collisions re-occurring
Heading for nowhere near home
Approaching phobos now visible
Stresses to systems are known
Extra astronomical
Searches seem to show
Damage to sola winds where the air uncovers
Melting on the star pole snow
Re-occurring collision glowing
Glowing collision re-occurring
The lyrics to "Extra Astronomical" by Klaxons paint a picture of a sci-fi-like apocalypse, where celestial bodies are colliding, machines orbit uncontrollably, and the universe itself seems to be breaking down. The first line, "celestial catastrophe," sets the tone for the rest of the song, which describes the chaos and destruction wrought by these catastrophic events.
The second line, "orbiting machines," suggests that technology has played a role in these disasters. Perhaps some of the machines orbiting out in space have malfunctioned, or maybe they were the cause of the collisions in the first place.
The third line, "entropy evaporates," refers to the concept of entropy, which is a measure of the disorder or randomness in a system. When entropy evaporates, it means that the system is becoming more organized, which is the opposite of what you would expect during a disaster. However, the last line, "absorbing the obscene," suggests that there is some kind of force or entity that is able to absorb this entropy and use it for its own purposes.
The rest of the lyrics continue in this same vein, describing the chaos and destruction caused by these collisions and machines. Lines like "approaching systems now visible" and "stresses to systems are known" suggest that the characters in the song are able to monitor the situation, but it's not clear whether they are able to do anything about it.
Overall, "Extra Astronomical" is a haunting and evocative song that paints a vivid picture of a world gone mad.
Line by Line Meaning
Celestial catastrophe
A disastrous event occurring in space
Orbiting machines
Machines revolving around celestial bodies
Entropy evaporates
The process of chaotic matter breaking down and disintegrating
Absorbing the obscene
Taking in immoral or offensive ideas or substances
Re-occurring collision glowing
A repeating crash that emits light
Glowing collisions re-occurring
Collisions that give off light happening repeatedly
Approaching systems now visible
Systems are getting closer and more easily seen
Heading for nowhere near home
Traveling to an unknown destination, far from home
Approaching phobos now visible
Phobos, a moon of Mars, is now coming into view
Stresses to systems are known
Problems for the systems have been identified
Extra astronomical
Beyond what is normal or expected in space
Searches seem to show
Investigations indicate
Damage to sola winds where the air uncovers
The solar winds are being negatively affected in areas where they are exposed
Melting on the star pole snow
The snow at the poles of the star is melting
Re-occurring collision glowing
A repeating crash that emits light
Glowing collision re-occurring
Collisions that give off light happening repeatedly
Lyrics ยฉ Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JAMES NICHOLAS RIGHTON, JAMIE OLIVER JACK REYNOLDS, SIMON LEE CAMPBELL TAYLOR-DAVIES
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