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This album is soooo bad... perhaps worse than The Eagles Of Death Metal.

― Dom iNut (donut), Monday, 16 January 2006 06:34 (twenty years ago)

the live show (back during cmj) was AWFUL, i left after 3 songs. a whole bunch of messy crap soul whining/cowbell banging singer wearing sunglasses/unattractive man wanking on some kind of microkorg-nord lead atrocity.

i can't think back to this experience without cringing.

― bell labs (bell_labs), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

I thought they weren't bad live. It's when I checked out the album that i was unimpressed.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:18 (twenty years ago)

the only track of theirs that I really like is "just like we (breakdown)" .... probably because it's sincere in its sappiness ... the joke factor of their other stuff turns me off.

― Renard (Renard), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:54 (twenty years ago)

Don't be mean to Hot Chip, you guys!

― nancyboy (nancyboy), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 11:07 (twenty years ago)

haha uh I like this a lot

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 11:15 (twenty years ago)

"etc." = can't be wrong?

no, have a need for a breathy, "sincere" Ween. I have not yet tried the CD myself.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 11:18 (twenty years ago)

I quite like Hot Chip. Over and Over was one of my favourite songs of the latter part of 2005.

― klee (klee), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 12:27 (twenty years ago)

what record are you all on about?

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 12:48 (twenty years ago)

hot chip, "coming on strong"

do you like it?

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 12:57 (twenty years ago)

i've not heard it - has it been reissued? they were fkn great when i saw them live.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 13:17 (twenty years ago)

DFA / Astralwerks just put it out in the U.S.

there's also the Over and Over / Just Like We single, which I guess is a preview of their second record

― Renard (Renard), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:14 (twenty years ago)

I have a Hot Chip cdr release from over 3 years ago. Can I sell it for hundreds of pounds?

― adamrl (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:24 (twenty years ago)

It's sad that Hot Chip gets full distribution, but Clor still can't get a U.S. deal with any label...(although maybe they've turned down offers from smaller U.S. labels as far as I know..)

― Dom iNut (donut), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 18:26 (twenty years ago)

it's all about the DFA remix of "Just Like We (Breakdown)" which no doubt should get x-posted to that sad techno thread.

― imbidimts, Tuesday, 17 January 2006 19:25 (twenty years ago)

Classic for getting the NME to embarrass themselves even more than usual by coining the term "slapcore."

― telephone thing, Tuesday, 17 January 2006 19:29 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

"The Warning" has leaked </Orson>

― team jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 05:30 (twenty years ago)

i was surprised at some of the hatred for this group, but i haven't heard any of the older material. i figured this would be something the ILMassive would love. "Just like We (Breakdown)" & "No Fit State" are really standing out so far.

― team jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 05:32 (twenty years ago)

as i said before, "no fit state" is huge

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 05:58 (twenty years ago)

where did it leak to? it's not on oink
and i'm excited

― nervous (cochere), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:01 (twenty years ago)

i figured cutty would like it.

is this gonna be on DFA?

― team jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:03 (twenty years ago)

meaning, aren't there some people that work for DFA on this board. i'm guilty of stealing, but i'd rather not be guilty of spreading

― team jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:04 (twenty years ago)

you can download the new album on slsk...been listening to it all day. i'm really digging Boy From School and Colours, though the whole album is pretty consistently good.

― echodex (echodex), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:48 (twenty years ago)

i'm really surprised that the original of "Just like We (Breakdown)" is more interesting than the DFA remix. looses all the rhythmic complexity.

― team jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:51 (twenty years ago)

The video for Over And Over makes me really not like them, though. the song definitely treads into the Beta Band/Ween territory. is this what all british people are like?

― team jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 07:08 (twenty years ago)

Great new album. Miles above Coming on Strong and I liked that one.

― wmlynch (wlynch), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 07:42 (twenty years ago)

the new remix 12 is brilliant, naum gabo and justus really doing great.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 23:52 (twenty years ago)

I like the video of 'Over And Over', and the song itself is much better than the whole career of the Junior Boys.

― zeus (zeus), Monday, 6 March 2006 10:38 (twenty years ago)

... though the first Hot Chip album was more dud, than classic.

― zeus (zeus), Monday, 6 March 2006 10:39 (twenty years ago)

tracklisting for 'the warning'? couldn't find the other thread searching on 'chip' and 'warning'

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

this is what i have:

Careful
Over & Over
Boy From School
Colours
Just Like We (Breakdown)
No Fit State
Tchaparian
Look After Me
The Warning
Arrest Yourself
So Glad to See You
Untitled

― team jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:13 (twenty years ago)

saw em this weekend at a live instore. was really impressed. they had all indie-nerd steretypes covered. Terry from Just One of the Guys, Alan Cumming, Napoleon Dynamite (i couldn't see the two other guys).

― team jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)

The guy on the right looks like Vinnie Jones!

― T/S: Pinks/Oki Dog/Scoobys/Tail o' the Pup (Bent Over at the Arclight), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:30 (twenty years ago)

(of the stage; when they play live)

― T/S: Pinks/Oki Dog/Scoobys/Tail o' the Pup (Bent Over at the Arclight), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

jaxon referencing terry from just one of the guys just made my day.

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:42 (twenty years ago)

I'm starting to think that the only Hot Chip tracks that really do it for me are No Fit State, The DFA's remix of Just Like We (Break Down), and Over and Over. It seems like the more I listen to other tracks from The Warning and Coming On Strong the less I like them. I really enjoyed those tracks live, but at home they put me to sleep more or less. So aside from the big 3 mentioned above, I'm apathetic...but maybe time will tell.

― Chantilly Bass (ChantillyBass), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:41 (twenty years ago)

it's a classic conundrum - great live band, dud on record.

― hearts, Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:01 (twenty years ago)

chantilly, i know what you mean. while i was all gushing about their new 'un on the other thread, my enthusiasm for the record has steadily dwindled and now i often concede, letting my eager skip finger goes blang blauh several times.

its still way way fun and i can still feel it with my hands and my tongue but something seems a bit temporary about it all. (god, jaded about an album not even released for another 2 months - someone cut me up soon.)

― {apal moon, Thursday, 9 March 2006 01:15 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

free show at NYC's South St Seaport on Friday.

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/events.php?id=30357

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 13:31 (nineteen years ago)

mmm... anyone who hasn't seen them live or seen them earlier when they were a 3-piece, check that out...

they were fan-fuckingtastic at Sonar

I'm very puzzled by the "temporary" comments people seem to be making - of all the new artists 2000-onwards, these guys are one of the few that get constant replay - probably the album I've listened to most this year, never really outstays its welcome. if a better record comes out this year it'll be shock.

― Mallory L . O'Donnell (That Bitch Camille), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

i really didnt like their first album, but this one basically roolz.

― max (maxreax), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

I thought this was the thread where I was clowned for saying this sounded like dance music with an 'indie filter.' But its not. Nonetheless, "20-inch rims with the chrome now/ Blazin' out Yo La Tengo." http://www.smileyarena.com/emoticons/Invision/Blue_Fade/barf.gif

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.slate.com/id/2146447/

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

i have listened the shit out of the Warning this summer.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:40 (nineteen years ago)

yeah definitely my favorite album of the year. i'm going to be at that seaport show too, duh, they rocked it when i saw them at cmj last year (before having heard any recorded output). plus since i'm reppin astralwerks for the summer its like a responsibility

i'll bump this thread on fri so kids can maybe pre/at-show meetup

― nervous (cochere), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

This and Destroyer's Rubies are becoming my summer albums.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

deej, Hot Chip - The Warning

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

"over and over" has some good moments, like the synth freakout (freakout maybe too strong a word, but it's cool), but then not too long after it they start singing again and it's like, if you're talking about repetition and making me think about the wonderous qualities thereof, i think i'd rather put on a house/techno/whatever dj mix where the music won't get interrupted every 4 or 5 minutes. i guess that's why i don't appreciate indietronica or whatever it's called

― W i l l (common_person), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 02:39 (nineteen years ago)

"But Hot Chip's primary passion is contemporary rap and R&B."

What's up with all this stuff about American R&B/hip hop? I don't hear it in the music. Is it press sheet hype or what?

― Gavin (Gavin), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

What's up with all this stuff about American R&B/hip hop? I don't hear it in the music. Is it press sheet hype or what?

The short answer is you're not listening to enough mainstream R&B radio.

The long answer is go pick up the current issue of (gags, puts iron to head) URB, where you can read about how Hot Chip attempt R&B but it 'all comes out wrong' (paraphrasing). You can interpret this in any number of ways, but you're a smart chap so I'll let you do the legwork.

Bottom line - they carry inflections from contemporary R&B/hip hop production, but when removed from their context said inflections often sound far afield. As they do with the Chipsters.

― Mallory L . O'Donnell (That Bitch Camille), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

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okay, at least on this day I love this album so much I played it a second time right after I played it the first time.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 22 June 2019 15:37 (six years ago)

its hard to think of a band that more desperately needs to release a live album

― ufo, Saturday, 22 June 2019 15:55 (six years ago)

or, for that matter, a band whose recorded output gives no real indication of how great they are as a live act.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 22 June 2019 16:17 (six years ago)

they did a live album nine years ago:

http://bpm-sfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/livealexandrapalace1011-840x560.jpg

(and an itunes-only live EP in 2008)

agree that they should have two live albums a year though

― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Saturday, 22 June 2019 19:24 (six years ago)

okay, at least on this day I love this album so much I played it a second time right after I played it the first time.

― Josh in Chicago

Yeah, I've played this album three times today and it's such a delight. Those last four songs are really doing it for me, especially Why Does My Mind.

― kitchen person, Sunday, 23 June 2019 01:27 (six years ago)

I see they’ve also joined ranks with lcd in having godawful album art.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Sunday, 23 June 2019 13:49 (six years ago)

I don't think they've ever had really great artwork, but yes this is a particular low point for them.

― kitchen person, Sunday, 23 June 2019 14:53 (six years ago)

Coming On Strong and The Warning are fine, they have a good ~brand identity~ that fits the band's semi-tentative sound at the time. The no-copy-the-same-colour gag on the last one was fun, or would have been in record shops (the bonus EP only came if you bought direct from EMI in Australia). The new one is atrocious.

― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Sunday, 23 June 2019 21:04 (six years ago)

Surprising how poor a lot of their artwork is when you look at their videos. They clearly have a visual sense but is best realised in a performative medium.

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 23 June 2019 21:22 (six years ago)

watching a live session rn and the front half of the band are wearing suits made out of the album art, Split Enz-style

Alexis' hair is even dyed to match it

― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Monday, 24 June 2019 20:30 (six years ago)

I find this album kind of boring, tbqh

― jaymc, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 03:29 (six years ago)

'Positive' and 'Why Does My Mind' are the highlights for me.

― KevRus, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 23:54 (six years ago)

two months pass...

Another great video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24XoV5kSkks

― groovypanda, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 11:00 (six years ago)

Ah, that's so great. People really slept on how great the new album is.

― kitchen person, Wednesday, 4 September 2019 13:39 (six years ago)

two years pass...

The Joe Goddard/Amy Douglas side project Hard Feelings' album is smart, sassy dance pop. Recommended for anyone missing Jessie Ware or Roisin Murphy.

― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 6 November 2021 14:58 (four years ago)

ten months pass...

New one is really great, especially the title track. Seems like a lot of people have fallen off with these guys, but I think they're still putting out some really great records.

― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 September 2022 15:13 (three years ago)

Case in point: love this group but did not know they had a new record. But now I do!

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 September 2022 15:16 (three years ago)

The new album's good!

― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 September 2022 16:13 (three years ago)

I need to spend more time with the new one. It feels like they peaked with One Life Stand and In Our Heads, but those last two albums were really good. They're still yet to put out a bad album.

― kitchen person, Thursday, 15 September 2022 18:49 (three years ago)

two weeks pass...

first posted this on the Cup Copy thread by mistake

I played the new album Feaksout/Release over the weekend and it was decent. Not really a fan of the lead single but liked the album. First time have checked out something new by them and will revisit at some point this year.

― Bee OK, Monday, 3 October 2022 18:50 (three years ago)

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