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2008 is beginning to hit its stride with some big new albums starting to trickle out.
First up is Hot Chip's third album 'Made in the Dark', which sadly i'm struggling to get in to. After the lo-fi delights of 'Coming on Strong' and crowd pleasing anthems of 'The Warning', it doesn't seem to quite hold together as a cohesive album. There are too many meandering ballads, and too few killer choruses.
That's not to say the album's without merit. The opening three tracks are fantastic (though two of them, 'Shake a Fist' and 'Ready for the Floor') will be well familiar. Also, when he gets it right as on 'We're Looking for a lot of love', Alexis can sing a heartwrenching love song like no-one else. 'Hold On' is a great example of Hot Chip's twisted dancefloor pop. But overall, while not 'All Filler, no Killer' as an earlier compilation promised, there just aren't enough hooks to keep me enthralled the whole way through.
HOT CHIP - WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF LOVE
I've been much more enamoured by 'Beat Pyramid', the debut album by These New Puritans. In which the youthful Southenders display an obsessive fascination for numbers, colours, scratchy guitars and primal drum rhythms.
THESE NEW PURITANS - COLOURS
For further enlightenment, check the excellent Chris Cunningham-esque video for 'Elvis'.
Best single of the moment for me (apart from Hercules & Love Affair's 'Blind' of course...) is 'Fool for Love' by Das Pop... which I have frequently found myself humming in Sainsburys. They seem to be Belgian buddies of Soulwax, and the single comes backed with anamazing expensive set of remixes by SebastiAn, Aeroplane, Brodinski and Yuksek. But frankly who needs glitches & noise when you've got pop this good? I'm an original man.
DAS POP - FOOL FOR LOVE
Y'all probably know i'm a bit of a Banksy fan, so I was quite excited to see this old video emerge. It's got the man himself talking about his work, and a few pieces I hadn't seen before. The trackside chimp is excellent!
First up is Hot Chip's third album 'Made in the Dark', which sadly i'm struggling to get in to. After the lo-fi delights of 'Coming on Strong' and crowd pleasing anthems of 'The Warning', it doesn't seem to quite hold together as a cohesive album. There are too many meandering ballads, and too few killer choruses.
That's not to say the album's without merit. The opening three tracks are fantastic (though two of them, 'Shake a Fist' and 'Ready for the Floor') will be well familiar. Also, when he gets it right as on 'We're Looking for a lot of love', Alexis can sing a heartwrenching love song like no-one else. 'Hold On' is a great example of Hot Chip's twisted dancefloor pop. But overall, while not 'All Filler, no Killer' as an earlier compilation promised, there just aren't enough hooks to keep me enthralled the whole way through.
HOT CHIP - WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF LOVE
I've been much more enamoured by 'Beat Pyramid', the debut album by These New Puritans. In which the youthful Southenders display an obsessive fascination for numbers, colours, scratchy guitars and primal drum rhythms.
THESE NEW PURITANS - COLOURS
For further enlightenment, check the excellent Chris Cunningham-esque video for 'Elvis'.
Best single of the moment for me (apart from Hercules & Love Affair's 'Blind' of course...) is 'Fool for Love' by Das Pop... which I have frequently found myself humming in Sainsburys. They seem to be Belgian buddies of Soulwax, and the single comes backed with an
DAS POP - FOOL FOR LOVE
Y'all probably know i'm a bit of a Banksy fan, so I was quite excited to see this old video emerge. It's got the man himself talking about his work, and a few pieces I hadn't seen before. The trackside chimp is excellent!
posted by headphonesex @ 3:18 AM
