Echoes (Klaxons song)

"Echoes"
Single by Klaxons
from the album Surfing the Void
B-side "Sorcerer City"
Released 16 August 2010
Format Digital download, CD single
Recorded 2009
Genre Indie rock[1], new rave
Length 3:37
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Klaxons
Producer Ross Robinson
Klaxons singles chronology
"As Above,
So Below
"
(2007)
"Echoes"
(2010)
"Twin Flames"
(2010)

"Echoes" is the first single to be released by British indie rock[2] band Klaxons from their second studio album, Surfing the Void. The song was released through Polydor Records as a digital download on 15 August 2010, with a vinyl and CD single release the following day. The single was added to BBC Radio 1's A Playlist in July 2010. The single cover was shot by London based photographer Ben Rayner. The song appears on Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit in 2010 along with the song "Twin Flames"

Contents

Music video

The music video to accompany the release of "Echoes" premiered on Channel 4 at 12:25 am on 17 July 2010 as part of a 4Music exclusive. It was then released on YouTube later that day from the band's record label YouTube page.[3] The video features the band performing the song in the White Desert in Farafra, Egypt.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Echoes"   3:52
2. "Sorcerer City"   3:09
No. Title Length
1. "Echoes"   3:52
2. "Birdman"   3:17

Chart performance

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 95
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6] 22
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[7] 20
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[8] 55

Release history

Region Date Format
United Kingdom 15 August 2010 Digital Download
16 August 2010 CD Single
Vinyl

References