"Echoes" is the first single to be released by British

United Kingdom

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 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Klaxons

Klaxons

Klaxons are a British indie rock band, based in London. 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....

 from their second studio album, Surfing the Void

Surfing the Void

Surfing the Void is the second studio album by British indie rock band Klaxons, released on 23 August 2010 through Polydor Records. The album was produced by Ross Robinson, and was recorded in Los Angeles, California...

. The song was released through Polydor Records

Polydor Records

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 as a digital download

Music download

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 on 15 August 2010, with a vinyl

Gramophone record

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 and CD single

CD single

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 release the following day. The single was added to BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

'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

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game)

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in 2010 along with the song "Twin Flames

Twin Flames (Klaxons song)

"Twin Flames" is the second single to be taken from British indie rock band Klaxon's second studio album, Surfing the Void. The song was released on the 25 October 2010, ahead of their upcoming UK tour. The song appeared on Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit in 2010 along with the song "Echoes"....

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Music video

The music video to accompany the release of "Echoes" premiered on Channel 4

Channel 4

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 at 12:25 am on 17 July 2010 as part of a 4Music

4Music

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 exclusive. It was then released on YouTube later that day from the band's record label Youtube page. The video features the band performing the song in the White Desert in Farafra, Egypt

Farafra, Egypt

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Track listing

• CD single

• 7" single

Chart performance

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Chart (2010)	Peak position

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United Kingdom	15 August 2010	Digital Download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
	16 August 2010	CD Single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...
		Vinyl Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...