Hot Chip - C/D?

I listened to The Warning the other day and it's really all over the place and kind of shonky - the first track is a mess, it's all a bit primary school instrumentation in places, the highs are fantastic but its way inconsistent. Probably unique in Hot Chip albums in actually getting stronger towards the end though.

I think the new one is probably their most consistently good, not sure the peaks are quite as high but at least it doesn't slip to the most half-arsed lows of Made In The Dark.

Let Me Be Him is so killer. Everyone I know who's heard this album thinks that's the one. Like gr8080 I can't quite place the origin of those chants but the effect is so familiar. I'm also obsessed with the vocal loop on Flutes - apparently based on an old record of chanting monks.

Like gr8080 I can't quite place the origin of those chants but the effect is so familiar

Biko?

Despite a slushy first trask, The Warning is their best.

The chants in "Let Him Be Me" are a little bit Howard Jones, a little bit "Self-Control."

This song is a perfect example of how often people forget there are two singers in this band, and they each bring their own sensibility to their respective tracks.

The chants in "Let Him Be Me" are a little bit Howard Jones, a little bit "Self-Control."

I get a hint of a, uh, sincere take on "Tarzan Boy".

It's not the same sample but it reminded me a bit of Enfants (Chants) by Villalobos. Over The Sky Was Pink obviously.

ha yeah i immediately thought of Sky Was Pink when i heard that

oh you mentioned that days ago too

yeah, they've acknowledged it's a rip

they have? link?

re Let Me Be Him; yeah i can't recall an album track being so raved about and hyped up for years

the chants are this aren't they pretty much?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wLQNrr15sA

Reminds me a bit of the vocals in Wire's "Kidney Bingos."

can't find a direct quote but

Hot Chip's Joe Goddard tells Pitchfork that "Flutes" was one of the first songs that he and bandmate Alexis Taylor wrote for the new album. Its origin came from a sample of a two-note flute melody, its main inspiration from James Holden's remix of Nathan Fake's "The Sky Was Pink". The band chose the song as In Our Head's first song to be made public as a left turn for listeners: "I like it when bands come back with something that's fresh and unusual, you know?," Goddard said. "It's a more ambitious song than other things we've done in the past. I worked on it a lot to make sure it's constantly developing in an unusual way. I'm pleased with how it turned out."

re: Let Me Be Him/gr8080 - the "ooooo oooo ooo oh oh oh haay oh" parts remind me of something too, like phil collins or peter gabriel?

Feel like it may be something more recent like one of the songs on the Holy Ghost! album?

I thought of Phil Collins or Gabriel as well but tbh every second pop song that comes out these days seems to have an "ooooo oooo ooo oh oh oh haay oh" type chorus so it could be anything.

It's a bit like a Coldplay chant if we're being brutally honest, and nothing wrong with that.

In a post Arcade Fire world, every song has a wordless "ooooooh" or two on it.

Hacky Red One-type pop producers aiming for a stadium anthem with terrace chant crossover on every single record probably has a hand in that too.

And yet despite that Hot Chip's sounds entirely fresh and endearing and thrilling to me.

No doubt because the occasion wordless "ooooh" is hardly the only hook each respective song has to offer.

The synthy bits in "Flutes" initially reminded me of Booka Shade, but yeah, I can definitely see "The Sky Was Pink" as an overall inspiration.

something about these guys has always bugged me, never really loved them, but i like this album! esp the first few songs

i tried getting into this but the vocals kill it for me, pass

Always have that problem with Wet Chip, why guys why

thats always been my ish but it isnt bothering me too much now

haha im glad i read that about flutes cuz otherwise i would have really been bugged by what it reminded me of

now i'm thinking that the "ooooo oooo ooo oh oh oh haay oh" part reminds me of a song from some commercial? like for a car or some foreign country's tourism ad?

some of Turner's high notes still irritate me, yes

this is pretty good you know

never really given these guys the time of day tbh

This is a pretty neat album. Only place the singing got to me was "Look At Where We Are."

do the rest of them do anything much? i haven't had any interest in them for the past few years but these links to let me be him and motion sickness have got me interested again. Tip!

do the rest of them do anything much?

The rest of the band? Everyone swaps instruments a lot. One guy used to do double duty in LCD Soundsystem. There are some songs (live) where pretty much everyone is playing a guitar or something, and other songs where everyone is playing synths.

There are loads of nice touches throughout this - I'm all about the guitar solo and the disembodied girl's voice over the final track at the moment.

Also is the "I don't play no gabba" dude during Night And Day supposed to sound like Tricky?

amazed that this is gaining such traction - the production is improved in places but they're still as awful at ballads as ever and his voice is WORSE than ever. found it a real chore to listen to.

Hah, I was thinking that a proper R&B singer could have made a hit out of 'Look At Where We Are'.

(I mean as a cover, not just singing over the same backing)

If an R&B singer who wasn't The Weeknd or Frank Ocean or Beyoncé covered it, it would be entirely ignored by the entire world.

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.