Golden Skans

This song is based on J.G Ballard's book Myths Of The Near Future.

In 2007, Myths Of The New Future won The Mercury Prize for the best British or Irish album of the year. The judges said of the album: "Rock meets pop meets dance, the Klaxons take us on an ecstatic musical adventure."

Jamie Reynolds (vocals/bass) was asked by the New Musical Express December 15, 2007 what he remembered about making "Golden Skans." He replied: "I remember the writing process more. We recorded it twice and did a demo of it and we realized we had to slow it down, but the writing sticks out more than anything. I remember thinking it was very clever of Madonna to steal from Abba, so I decided to steal the thing that she'd stolen from Abba from Madonna. I don't know if anyone's ever noticed but it's basically "Hung Up" by Madonna. "Golden Skans" is that song." Reynolds was then asked if he felt "Golden Skans" has taken on a life of its own. He replied: "Absolutely. You know the difference between recording a song and listening to it is completely different? I remember taking it back to my very small bedroom in New Cross and putting it on my CD player. I realized that we had a tune on our hands. Everything else had been noise up until that point, but now we actually had a pop song."