See Klaxons perform in three dimensions

“I THINK making things hard for ourselves has been what we have done for the last eight years. We like to challenge ourselves, that’s the spirit of the group.”

Certainly when it comes to creating a new challenge frontman Jamie Reynolds would admit Klaxons have never ducked the seemingly impossible – including booking their first show only four days after the band first met. In June the band said it was launching the first 3D printed tour – with everything from the lights to the guitars used on tour created using 3D printing.

A promotional video which felt like it came out of David Brent’s Slough office and the use of SJA, a mysterious 3D printing company based in Chelmsford which appears not to have any web presence, suggests it may have been a hoax - but Reynolds claims to be waiting to see if it will work.

“There are bits that still need ironing out,” he says. “It’s a miracle that these machines can produce further machines – we are very excited to have a piece of that world. I can’t give a straight answer whether it will work.”

The concept of 3D printing has certainly played a part in Klaxons new album – with the pill on the front cover of their third full-length release Love Frequency created by artist Trevor Jackson using the cutting edge technology. The album saw the band explore a more electronic world.

“We wanted to make an electronic record, but we had no idea how to do it,” says Reynolds. “We can open up the laptop, but had no idea how it worked.” Instead they called friends they had met on the road to take a seat in the producer’s chair, including Chemical Brother Tom Rowlands, James Murphy, Erol Alkan, and Gorgon City.

He admits it is good to have an outside ear when it comes to putting together an album.

“There are three of us which is a good system for a democracy,” he says. “We always have each other pushing things out into different directions. I think this may be the best record we have made.”

He feels it is a slightly more simplified album – and also one which is much more based in emotion compared to the fantastical lyrics of 2007 Mercury Music Prize-winning debut Myths Of The Near Future, and its 2010 follow-up Surfing The Void.

“I’m glad to have ticked that box,” he says. “It has made it a lot more difficult as a frontman now – I would like to go back to being abstract! The strange thing about our songs is the meanings change over time – there is nothing definitive about them. If something in the lyrics comes clear, five seconds later it will change. A lot of what the songs are about isn’t clear to me or anybody else.”

Despite the different working methods over the three albums he says the songs still sit together well live.

“There were a couple of people waving glo-sticks at the Reading Festival,” he says, referring to the band’s origins as pioneers of the NME’s New Rave label. “We dedicated a handful of songs to them. Most people have moved with the times as we have.”

And as for the future it is still uncertain – with Reynolds initially suggesting they might strip things back to basics for the next album, before saying some decisions have to be made once this UK jaunt is over.

“Between us we have said we will do this tour and after that will sit down to figure out what’s next,” he says.

The band may have received some heightened tabloid attention after keyboard player James Righton married Keira Knightley in 2013, but Reynolds says it is nothing unusual.

“There has always been tabloid nonsense following the band,” he says. “Personally I think that it has always been a laugh and something fun which surrounds the group and takes us into higher parts of the UK.”

He is particularly looking forward to returning to Brighton on Thursday, and playing the Concorde 2 where he used to go clubbing himself, having grown up in nearby Bournemouth and Southampton.

“I have got really fond memories of playing there,” he says. “Last time people were literally hanging from the rafters.”

Doors 7.30pm, tickets £13.50. Call 01273 673311.