 In contrast to the band's debut album which sold 350,000 in the UK, Surfing the Void sold 30,000 and was to be the last release with Universal/Polydor.On 25 December 2010, the band released on their website a free EP of material that was worked on for the album in 2007-2008, entitled "Landmarks of Lunacy".In January 2012, Klaxons announced on their Twitter account that they were to begin recording their third album on 30 January.