One Life Stand (Bonus Track Version)

One Life Stand (Bonus Track Version)

London’s Hot Chip are one of the most fascinating groups of the new century. On their fourth album, the band continues to find ways to deliver the emotive intimacy with the pure blast of the dancefloor. Their beats are tight and driving. Their keyboards cut the ambience with pure kinetic electricity. But it’s lead singer Alexis Taylor, augmented by Joe Goddard, who brings the pathos to the party. “Thieves In the Night” kicks things off with a melancholic shake appended to its surging dancehall aggression. “I Feel Better” drifts into a heavenly falsetto. “One Life Stand” is a marriage proposal with a thick drum attack from Charles Hayward, Steelpans by Fimber Bravo and growling synths that sounds like the band has found the lasers in the jungle. “Slush” slows to an angelic gait where the piano and additional keys create a deep orchestral flow. “We Have Love” sails with an infectious optimism. Hot Chip bend genres to their own whims and come out bouncing.

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