Hot Chip to Play Fox Theatre, 8/4
If you're looking for them, the clues are there in plain sight. Right there, in the glimmer and thump of opening track 'Huarache Lights', a looped mantra nails Hot Chip's collective psyche six albums in. It's simple but pensive:
It's both a bold call to arms and a statement of nagging doubt. If they've been too long in the game, if they need replacing, somebody else better get on with it - and it better be good.
Alexis Taylor explains: "I was trying to capture the feeling of excitement I get when hearing Joe's new music for the first time, and collaborating with him on it. Huarache Lights are some trainers I love - but in the song they're a shorthand for something modern, something very London, and for the kind of escapism and fun of a Friday night at Plastic People - which is where we were heading to DJ when we were making that track. The record is about the excitement of choosing what you might wear, choosing which records you will play. But at the same time, it's asking whether we as a band are getting old, whether people still care. The answer is meant to lie in the music."
For more information, visit Hot Chip's website at: http://www.hotchip.co.uk/.
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