Tag Of The Day: Hot Chip ‘One Life Stand’
Hot Chip’s quirky brand of synth pop has seen them develop into one of Britain’s most in demand acts in the last 5 years. Their latest single ‘One Life Stand’ is the first to be taken from Hot Chip’s new album and is one of their most accomplished singles ever – no mean feat when you consider that the group’s previous hits ‘Over And Over’ and ‘Ready For The Floor’ have been cropping up in many ‘Track Of The Decade’ lists in the past few weeks.
Taking its cues from oddball DFA style disco, ‘One Life Stand’ mixes a throbbing techno bassline with distorted falsetto vocals and a smattering of calypso steel drums and is probably the group’s most ambitious work. This introduction of some new musical flavours to the Hot Chip mixing pot probably has a little to do with the group’s extracurricular activities: namely the burgeoning DJ careers of several of Hot Chip’s members and the solo electronic work of Hot Chip’s keyboardist Joe Goddard.
And if ‘One Life Stand’ wasn’t enough to get you in the Hot Chip mood, the group have also released the track listings for their new album which is due for release Feb 8th on Parlophone.
One Life Stand Tracklisting
01 Thieves in the Night
02 Hand Me Down Your Love
03 I Feel Better
04 One Life Stand
05 Brothers
06 Slush
07 Alley Cats
08 We Have Love
09 Keep Quiet
10 Take It In
