Hot Chip - The Warning

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I saw them play at Sonar in Barcelona last summer and I loved it. They looked as if a crazy scientist had tried to clone a boyband and something went terribly wrong - all he got was nerds. The indierock nerd, the technerd, the soulnerd - even the good looking one tried to hide his face behind huge sunglasses. Loved it. Then I saw them a couple of weeks ago in Berlin but I wasn't overwhelmed like in Barcelona.

― Tobias Rapp (Tobias Rapp), Monday, 27 February 2006 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link

But maybe the stage was to small, so they couldn't do their dance moves.

― Tobias Rapp (Tobias Rapp), Monday, 27 February 2006 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link

"No fit state" is such an awesome song. It´s like a long lost beefed up "Speak & Spell"-outtake or something.

― teen riot structure, Monday, 27 February 2006 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link

it means he was trying to be snarky but doesnt really know what he's talking about, cutty.

they suck rocks, btw.

― ham'ron (dubplatestyle), Monday, 27 February 2006 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link

"too small"

― Tobias Rapp (Tobias Rapp), Monday, 27 February 2006 21:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Uh no I was actually not trying to be snarky at all Jess.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 27 February 2006 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link

But forgive me please for ever having an opinion about anything and expressing it.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 27 February 2006 21:53 (eighteen years ago) link

no.

― ham'ron (dubplatestyle), Monday, 27 February 2006 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link

v well

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 27 February 2006 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link

lmao

― ham'ron (dubplatestyle), Monday, 27 February 2006 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link

You should be nicer to deej, Jess. He's trying very hard.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link

deej is cool

hey jess did you hate that hot chip thing with the dfa mix that's out there round about now too? if i like that will i like this? i'm a fucking whore for some indie filter.

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link

i dunno what yr talking about. (i've only heard the album. some album. something.)

― ham'ron (dubplatestyle), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link

To try to answer cutty's question, it sounds very affected and sortve intentionally half assed to me. I donno I listened to it once and wasn't really feeling it. Not trying to make a big deal about this; just not my thing.

There is a Solid Groove remix of one of their songs I like a lot actually.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:18 (eighteen years ago) link

ain't nothing wrong with a lil affection.

jess there's something i heard somewhere i dled cuz of it (= hearing it somewhere), TOIGHT remix - TOIGHT, i probably heard it on beatsinspace or something, i'm like that old dude reading entertainment weekly or something with that shit, fucking schoolwork man, it's fucking ponderous.

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:21 (eighteen years ago) link

i think what bothered me most is the guy's voice, so i am not sure if a remix would help or not. i have no idea why this voice bugs me when other similar voices do not. no accounting for taste, etc etc.

― ham'ron (dubplatestyle), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:25 (eighteen years ago) link

wtf is with the solid groove remix love. the justus one is way better! fucking JUSTUS people!!!!

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Honestly if I hadn't listened once and deleted I probably would have been better able to defend my lazy dismissal : (

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:36 (eighteen years ago) link

there are two singers, one is def better than the other

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.cinidesign.com/images/IndieFPic.gif

― Eppy (Eppy), Monday, 27 February 2006 23:09 (eighteen years ago) link

deej: and jess said i was just trying to be 'snarky'
deej: which i wasnt
Al: haha, that's the ultimate insult coming from jess, that you only "tried" to be snarky
Al: there is no try, only do

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 02:45 (eighteen years ago) link

haha watch it grasshopper

― ham'ron (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 02:59 (eighteen years ago) link

haha i mean no disrespect to the jedi of snark

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 03:04 (eighteen years ago) link

this is not what i expected to find:

http://www.elbutanero.com/comics/yoda-zoolofilo.jpg

― ham'ron (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 03:06 (eighteen years ago) link

I've only given this the customary post-download once over, but as far as I can tell I like it. I have the chorus to that "Over and over" song stuck in my head, which says something at least.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 03:08 (eighteen years ago) link

hahahahaha omg

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 03:11 (eighteen years ago) link

re: the last exit comparison

it's more like a version of last exit that doesn't make me fall asleep. not that i dislike that album, but it seriously puts me to sleep.

anyways, i really thought for some reason it was produced by DFA. whooooops

― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 07:40 (eighteen years ago) link

picked up 'coming on strong' on the wkend and it aint half bloody different. its a lot more downtempo, almost dubby and lounge jazz at times, with few apparent hooks.

in contrast 'warning' is much more immediate, full of energy and crafty little side steps. the production is very tactile. sounds like another band!

― [apal lunge, Tuesday, 28 February 2006 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3eYPF6DWTWg

hey, i found this clip on youtube of Hot Chip performing at Amoeba records....i'm trying to figure out which song they're performing? can anyone tell me?

― echodex (echodex), Sunday, 5 March 2006 18:59 (eighteen years ago) link

it's so funny that they need five people to make music half a person could perform

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 5 March 2006 19:02 (eighteen years ago) link

I saw them at the Echo in L.A. friday night and it was fun as hell, even if what Cutty says might be true. People danced the whole time, even to the slower ones like "Crap Kraft Dinner." It was the best show I've seen in a while.

― T/S: Pinks/Oki Dog/Scoobys/Tail o' the Pup (Bent Over at the Arclight), Sunday, 5 March 2006 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link

don't get me wrong, i like them.

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 5 March 2006 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, and they played an excellent dancey cover of that Fleetwood Mac song that goes "Oh IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I wanna be with you everywhere..."

(And Galkin, sorry for not picking up the sarcasm of your earlier post!!!)

― T/S: Pinks/Oki Dog/Scoobys/Tail o' the Pup (Bent Over at the Arclight), Sunday, 5 March 2006 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Echodex- the song in question is actually "The Beach Party." Sounds a lot different (and in my opinion better) than it does on the album. I was actually at both performances in San Francisco yesterday and found that I enjoyed a lot of the stuff off of Coming on Strong a lot more live than I do on the album. The synth and speed they add to these tracks live give them a lot more oomph and make them much more enjoyable. I was rather disappointed that with the two performances combined I don't think I even saw them play for an hour. Some of the songs were played at both gigs, so I think I only heard them play 5 or 6 tracks total in the end. (I guess they thought since they were the opener for Stereolab they should only play 30 minutes.) They did sound great, and hearing "No Fit State" live almost made it worth it. Definitely the stand out track live as well as recorded.

― Chantilly Bass (ChantillyBass), Sunday, 5 March 2006 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link

So this answers the question about the B-52's influence?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 March 2006 19:59 (eighteen years ago) link

I wonder what Spencer Chow thinks about this album.

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 5 March 2006 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Both the Justus and the Naum Gabo are both way better than the Solid Groove one, it's a shame that Solid Groove actually graced a big fancy dfa/emi double pack (probably what I like best about DFA, always nice remix packages!)

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 5 March 2006 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link

look out for the steve barnes / cosmic sandwich remix of the next single.

― gearbox, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Nice! That sounds encouraging...

― Chantilly Bass (ChantillyBass), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:01 (eighteen years ago) link

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3eYPF6DWTWg
hey, i found this clip on youtube of Hot Chip performing at Amoeba records....i'm trying to figure out which song they're performing? can anyone tell me?

Ha, I was exactly to the right to the stage in this video, just off camera. Thanks for posting!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:10 (eighteen years ago) link

ME TOO!

― team jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 9 March 2006 01:18 (eighteen years ago) link

well sorta

― team jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 9 March 2006 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link

I guess the Fleetwood Mac "Everywhere" thing was just incorporated into "Crap Kraft Dinner," after all. I think it would be very cool if they recorded it, though.

― T/S: Pinks/Oki Dog/Scoobys/Tail o' the Pup (Bent Over at the Arclight), Thursday, 9 March 2006 01:26 (eighteen years ago) link

At Amoeba SF, they inserted the first verse of "Little Red Corvette" into "Crap Kraft Macaroni And CheeseFood"

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 9 March 2006 01:42 (eighteen years ago) link

live they have a more punchy, minimal edge, hopefully future recordings will build on this (the steve barnes connection bodes well...). i personally love the band but all the shimmery glockenspiel bells and whistles f*ck up the records IMO.

― gearbox, Thursday, 9 March 2006 02:44 (eighteen years ago) link

I wish their own releases sounded more like their remix work.

― telephone thing, Thursday, 9 March 2006 03:25 (eighteen years ago) link

which ones? i'm not that familiar with the remixes.
know any good spots to download some?

― gearbox, Thursday, 9 March 2006 04:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Try Brooks- "Roxxy (Hot Chip Women of the World Remix," Scissor Sisters' "Take Your Mama Out," and Jamie Lidell's "Multiply." Unfortunately I don't have any of them on mp3 at the moment, but they should be fairly easy to find on soulseek, and you can listen to the Brooks and Lidell mixes on Bleep if you don't mind clicking Play again every 25 seconds.

― telephone thing, Thursday, 9 March 2006 04:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Hot chip are wonderous! Personally i love "look after me" from THE WARNING. I've only heard it a few times but can't wait for the record to come out! alexis has a really soulful voice on it. i really think hot chip are becoming a take-to-your-heart band. the lyrics alone are brilliant.

― IntrospectiveImpette, Friday, 10 March 2006 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Can someone post the tracklist?

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Saturday, 11 March 2006 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link

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hmm. i rather like that bit but i do understand why you think it doesn't work. they really give it some welly live and i wish they could capture that on record, the songs sound like completely different beasts in a live setting.

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 15 June 2006 23:05 (seventeen years ago) link

yeh: i saw them live and they were much harder-edged. i still wasn't a huge fan of some of the songs - although they did one that was truly magnificent and jaw-dropping (which isn't on this album).

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Hot Chip are certainly no New Order!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:09 (seventeen years ago) link

yes, but these days neither are new order.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 17 June 2006 11:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm not sure I'd want them to sound like New Order -- whether or not I think it works, what it sounds to me like they're trying to do is blend the most unholy combination of genres: i.e. twee, electronica / synthpop and crunk (or similar). The dissonance in the production doesn't seem so inexplicable if you're coming to it after the racket which a lot of 06 hip-hop seems to be chasing. The tension between the slightly splattery rhythmic textures and the forcefully restrained and mannered vocals and production seems to me deliberate, along the lines of their occasional nods to 'urban' music (which often seems to hover between homage, affectionate parody and something slightly unpleasant) e.g. I ride, you ride, we ride, in my ride on the first album.

― alext (alext), Saturday, 17 June 2006 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link

anyhow heard the "boy from school" single? apparently there are 2 bsides that are realllly good

― boonah (boonah), Saturday, 17 June 2006 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link

the erol alkan remix of boy from school is gorgeous!

― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 17 June 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link

The dissonance in the production doesn't seem so inexplicable if you're coming to it after the racket which a lot of 06 hip-hop seems to be chasing. The tension between the slightly splattery rhythmic textures and the forcefully restrained and mannered vocals and production seems to me deliberate

oh, i'm quite sure it is deliberate: and yes, i think you're probably right about what they're doing/aiming to do and the attitude with which they're going about it. watching them live, everything they did seemed quite studied, even their tooling about between synths (although they fucked up their back-projections something rotten) ... i guess what i mean is that they've put a lot of focus into sounding unfocused.

sadly, i think that's a mistake because all too often you end up with music that's entirely for the head and bypasses the heart completely. like i say: i get fleeting moments of connection from "the warning", but that's it.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 18 June 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Thats weird I find it hits both "pop" lizard brain and "emotional" centres quite heavily- and actually they sound pretty focused most of the time (on record at least)-- it has a great wide screen stereo field as well, which makes for engaging headphone listening unlike a lot of electronic records (not minimal techno mind) these days which sound shit under closer inspection, as if they have been too lazy to do proper stereo placement... The only track that sounds a mess on record is "over and over" which sounds overly crammed with stuff.

― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Sunday, 18 June 2006 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm finding it difficult to raise the energy to explore the "splattery textures" because the vocalist is so very dull.

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Sunday, 18 June 2006 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Again, a record which I found sounded better in the outdoors and in the sunshine. The vocals I'm still not sure about (Steve Mason out of the Beta Band is kind of unassailable when it comes to this type of avant-indie deadpan singing). Don't know about Robert Wyatt singing with Chicory Tip (as Morley suggested in his OMM review), but Difford and Tilbrook kept coming to my mind. "Over And Over" sounds like something Squeeze might have done if they'd taken the other fork in the road after "Take Me I'm Yours," and I think is the album's best track. "Look After Me" and "So Glad To See You" are rather touching, but I kept wishing Robert Wyatt were singing them.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 19 June 2006 06:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Mason always managed a certain macho-ness in his geek-beach boys vocals, or is that just the Scottish machismo coming thru? Hot Chip seem less forceful and slightly less morose, more sad than Mason's evidently depression-riddled style... I'm just pleased to hear those skipping garage rhythms finding a reasonable home...

― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Monday, 19 June 2006 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link

i always took the beat band to be completely free of machismo.

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 19 June 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link

ahuh, yeah but compared to hot chip you can suddenly notice some.

― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Monday, 19 June 2006 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

i can't go to bed yet because i have to listen to 'Just Like We (Breakdown)' ONE more time...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Well all I've heard is the song that appears on the Uncut CD (don't remember the title) and it sounded pretty good so I'm gonna try some more of their stuff.

― Lenny Koggins (Bimble...), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link

six months pass...

Anyone else heard the new DFA 7" by Booji Boy High (which is, of course, Hot Chip - or some members of)? I am loving it.
Some really filthy synth sounds, and still catchy...

http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/index.php?url=http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/ver2/search1.php&new=1&search=Booji+Boy+High

(It's on iTunes UK too)

― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link

I've been puzzled by a few news bits that don't seem to get the Devo reference!

― mh. (mike h.), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I picked up the Warning in the Tower bankruptcy extravaganza and I'm liking it the more and more I put it on. "Careful" is probably my favorite - it reminds me a lot of Disco Inferno, the raccous backing-track plus beautiful melody on top thing. Lower the voices in the mix and it sounds like something that could have been on Technicolour.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link

four months pass...

Love love love this album still. What else do y'all think i should listen to if i likes this. And for whatever, the album never seems to end. which is a good thing right now.

― Jubalique die Zitronen, Friday, 1 June 2007 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Played it two weeks ago after a friend started to drunkenly mumble "(Just Like We) Break Down." It's held up fairly well, but I never thought it was the bees' knees either.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 1 June 2007 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

The Colours song is so good.

So good.

The rest is not quite that good, but still. I like the notion mentioned above that it's somewhat awkward and still crafted, but not in a self-conscious manner, at least not for me.

― Jubalique die Zitronen, Friday, 1 June 2007 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link

even people like me, who don't really think about them seem tofeel that'over and over' is undeniably great... make of that what you will!

― fandango, Friday, 1 June 2007 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

three months pass...

I just heard 'Over and Over' for the first time on speakers with proper bass, rather than my own tinny ones. I get it now.

― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

'and i was a boy from school' is fantastic. most everything else i sort of half-liked then forgot about

― Charlie Howard, Monday, 28 April 2008 13:37 (sixteen years ago) link

actually 'look after me' is really nice. guess i prefer this band's more subdued numbers.

― Charlie Howard, Monday, 28 April 2008 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link

I think you'd like their version of Matthew Dear's Don & Sherri, which you can still hear here.

― Alba, Monday, 28 April 2008 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link

more like "WARNING: SHITTY FUCKIN RECORD"

― banriquit, Monday, 28 April 2008 18:14 (sixteen years ago) link

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