Hot Chip - C/D?

no way, ppl love that shit

remember when solange covered the dirty projectors

I could imagine Brandy singing it. I agree it's a good song let down by his voice but when I had it on in the car my daughter, who ignored the rest of the album, said "I love this song. It's beautiful." So maybe the reedy slow jams are for the 5-year-old girl market.

holy shit, i love "let me be him". it's very moving.

enjoying their NPR live streaming gig. "Ready for the Floor" -> "Everywhere" pretty great.

Ending with "Let Me Be Him".

killed it on Fallon

The sound mix wasn't doing them any favors, but energetic nerds are always fun to watch.

Up here - another new drummer?! (no questo)

jesus lex stay out of this thread if all you're gonna do is complain about the same shit you always complain about re: hot chip

They had to recruit this guy to play drums for the U.S. dates. Current drummer had visa trouble and couldn't come over.

pretty good at Pitchfork but the sound was a bit...muffled? I don't know.

jesus lex stay out of this thread if all you're gonna do is complain about the same shit you always complain about re: hot chip

― heiswagger (rennavate)

This is what he does. I was reading an old Robyn thread the other day and every other post was him telling everyone how much he can't stand her. This was going back to 2005 and five years later he's posting the same old shit, I can't believe he doesn't get bored of it.

Finally got to see them in Minnesota last week. They were great but the set seemed so short. Looking at the other recent setlists it seems they had to cut Hand Me Down Your Love and Let Me Be Him. Pretty gutted they didn't do Motion Sickness either as that has become my favourite on the new album.

Just saw the other day Look at Where we are is the next single. It's a great song but surely Don't Deny Your Heart is the obvious hit on the album?

Seeing them tomorrow night! So excited.

they were great at pitchfork, i thought

the new songs sounded really good but they haven't really stretched them out or messed around w/ them like the older songs.

SO AMAZING. Chromatics were way better live than on record (and I love them already), and Hot Chip deserved everything I've heard about their live show. They did a Fleetwood Mac cover, they dropped Prince's "If I Was Your Girlfriend" into "Look At Where We Are," and made some tweaks to "Night and Day" that I really wish had made it onto the album- generally streamlining it, also adding this kind of...rattling/scratching sound (like Dennis Bovell's matchbox on "Newtown") and an ooo-weeee-ooooooo theremin-sounding synth line on the chorus.

So "Let Me Be Him" is the best thing ever, amirite?

Let Me Be Him is indeed excellent but think I would put Motion Sickness, Don't Deny Your Heart and Flutes ahead of it.

So they've finally put out the obvious single from the new album. The video is quite brilliant and very bizarre.

http://youtu.be/Gf3bmQh8_dM

They're back.

http://dominorecordco.com/whymakesense/

This is fine but I don't love it. It's the album opener and it's big step down from Motion Sickness.

Can't wait to see them drop two songs and one album into our year-end polls, because tradition.

I rather like this track, btw.

Dud.

It's strange that they have this reputation of being a band that always places in the end of year polls. Two out of their five albums didn't make the lists.

alexis taylor's solo album could barely have been duller

this is a lot better than that

Another new song https://youtu.be/lfH5LmhvQQk

I heard the whole album last night, so it's either "out there" or will be soon. As someone who's always been mostly on the fence about Hot Chip (often with favorable inclinations), this is THEIR album. They finally got everything right.

Really? Very excited to hear hear you say that. I thought their last two albums were where they got everything right. Both a big step up from their earlier albums.

Going by these two songs it sounds like it's going to be quite a dark album.

Too many hears in that sentence obviously. I'm just exited.

i'm calling it now:

#57 on the top 77

I'm surprised at JF's enthusiasm. Listened to it a few times and promptly forgot about it. Nothing even gets close to the high points of the last two

Yeah I've heard mixed reports. I think it leaked last week or something.

Yeah it's definitely out there now.

It's really good and has lots of beautiful moments. Not quite as brilliant as the last two albums but very good all the way through. The two singles might be my least favourite songs on the album.

Maybe what you guys like about Hot Chip is what's kept me lukewarm. I really like this one though. OPINIONS!

i really like the name.. "hot chip". it's a good band name.

Need you Now sounds great on first listen, cool video too.

Very into the new album now. So many lovely little moments. The last minute of Our Love Is The Future is just so beautiful, one of the best things they've done. White Wine and Chicken has replaced Brothers as their corniest moment. I can't help but love it.

If One Life Stand was the kind of Hot Chip you wanted then this album will probably appeal to you.

http://pitchfork.com/news/59545-hot-chip-stream-new-album-why-make-sense/

Surprised how little attention Why Make Sense? got on here. Looks like they might not make the ILM albums list this year after all.

It's mostly pretty good! A few duds, as usual. The bookends are killer.

It's excellent, but in typical Hot Chip style, the running order could do with some attention. 'Separate' could easily be a highlight of the album, instead they bury it on a bonus EP, for example.

I listened to it once and haven't had the urge to go back.

Likewise. In fact, mid-listen I forgot that "In Our Heads" existed and went back to that album instead. "One Life Stand" is still my go-to, but neither the new one nor the last one are bad at all, so I'll be sure to give them more rotation. I did notice that Hot Chip doesn't seem to be touring as much, at least not outside the US festival circuit. Maybe if I'd seen them live more recently I'd be more in love with the newer stuff.

Massively underwhelmed on first listen but it gets a lot better, though still not great. I was really getting into it until I played In Our Heads again and realised what a step down it was.

Yeah I'm not too keen on this either. I thought "Huarache Lights" was a pretty weak single too.

Definitely a step down from the last two albums but still really enjoyable. I like every song on their but it could do with a few more big moments like Let Be He Him or Flutes. I think the Pitchfork review was about right when they said it's the fourth best Hot Chip album.

Huarache Lights, Started Right and the title track are the keepers for me. KP OTM about the lack of big moments though. It's all happening within a narrow bandwidth. And much though I love the band I've never quite come around to Alexis's voice but I love Joe's. In Our Heads had the perfect Alexis:Joe balance. This one doesn't.

Just read the Pitchfork review. Nails it.

It also moves towards a slightly sparser sound than the last record and that really doesn't do Alexis any favours.

It's weird to have a band where I love the songwriting and sound so much that I'm a fan despite disliking the lead singer (the voice, not the person).

Need You Know is a banger. Highlight of this one for me.

Now not Know