From Atlantis to Interzone

"'When we started, the British pop charts were filled with American R&B and British bands singing about the reality of living in the U.K.,' Reynolds said. 'And for us that held no interest whatsoever, because we don't feel like we want to represent our country, and we don't find music that talks about an experience that you can have walking down the street in an everyday situation very exciting. . . .
"'We just wanted to challenge the everyday dull, boring pop music that was out there at the time, and it worked.'"

Richard Cromelin in the Los Angeles Times interviews Britain's latest Mercury-Prize winners, the Klaxons.