Hot Chip warm up gig Birmingham 20th Feb

[Homer]

After reading this thread started idly listening to this. Anyway, v good if anyone fancies it - even has a Wham! cover!

[FloorFiller]

i'm giving their new album a spin after not listening to it since it first leaked and it's much better than i remember it being. i was a little disappointed that it wasn't quite as instant as In Our Heads, but i'm loving it now! such a painful clash

[WS_Jack_III]

* sucks teeth *

When they eventually release a greatest hits album it'll be a good one, but at the minute for me they're a better singles band than an albums band.

I do agree with this. In Our Heads is the only one I like as a whole album and the new one is pretty close too.

[Amy Lawn]

I'll frequently listen to The Warning and One Life Stand in full, I like Coming On Strong as a package, too. In Our Heads and Made In The Dark aren't much like that for me, mostly pick out individual tracks.

[Anderson19]

Friday night West Holts will be my first time seeing Hot Chip live! & I can't bloody wait.

7 weeks today! Do you know what was 7 weeks ago... The solar eclipse.

Now that doesn't seem 7 that long ago does it - it shall soon be Glasto folks.

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

So looking forward to this! My only worry is that my gf will drag me to the Vaccines beforehand and then need to stop for a pee, a drink and a pizza when walking between the two stages whilst I'd rather just get there at 6pm the night before to get a good spot and just giggle in excitement for the whole day.

[Anderson19]

Are we/neil 100% these are going to be WH friday headliners. Ive been picturing it in my head for weeks now and if they turn out not to be in the dark on the friday at WH then I'd be upset to put it mildly :-D

[MEGABOWL]

My thoughts exactly - I can see the whole of the WH field erupt, with me slap bang in the middle of the melee!

Ben

Oh yes. It's going to be superb. Perfect slot for them.

[MEGABOWL]

I love it. Definitely for me the best single they've released

I've never "loved" their albums. They are a good studio/production showcase but not something you'd sit and listen to. A few good tracks that were never released as singles though, (for me namely Hold On, Keep Quiet, and the absolutely wonderful 'No Fit State')

Having said that I don't think their singles do them justice as a live band either, and i think it would be hard to get into them as a band if you hadn't seen them live.

I'm dead excited about seeing them, and I think they are my main "must see". Even looking likely they will clash with foo fighters, there's no contest, I know where I'll be.

I can see that. The last one was the first one of theirs I really liked. Until, to illustrate Mardy's point, the new one. Best thing they've done IMO

[bennyhana22]

Are we/neil 100% these are going to be WH friday headliners. Ive been picturing it in my head for weeks now and if they turn out not to be in the dark on the friday at WH then I'd be upset to put it mildly :-D

I have told myself, unequivocally, that they will headline WH on Friday. As you say, for this now NOT to come to pass would be hugely disappointing, if only since I have got so excited about the euphoric scene I have imagined, with the entire field dancing and grinning like crazy!

It HAS to be as we have assumed it will be, it just has to.

Ben

[Mezhyp1]

I'm seriously looking forward to getting some groove on at The Art School in Glasgow on Tuesday night!!

[stuartbert two hats]

I very often spend all day listening to their albums in full. Particularly One Life Stand and Made In The Dark. I must say I'm pretty surprised to hear that the general consensus seems to be that they're not really an album band - I genuinely *do* love their albums and enjoy every track... Apart from 'Now There Is Nothing'. That song can fuck right off.

Anyone know who's going to be supporting them at Manchester?

[eastynh]

I very often spend all day listening to their albums in full. Particularly One Life Stand and Made In The Dark. I must say I'm pretty surprised to hear that the general consensus seems to be that they're not really an album band - I genuinely *do* love their albums and enjoy every track... Apart from 'Now There Is Nothing'. That song can fuck right off.

Anyone know who's going to be supporting them at Manchester?

No idea about the support but not sure whether I am more excited about Wednesday or the Glasto headline set.

The albums are very good but to be honest, I generally just have all their tunes in a deezer playlist and stick in on random.

[bamber]

Not certain where or when they are playing at the festival, but I'm sure I'll be there. WH headlines would be good, not not really essential. In the mean time I'll be watching them in Amsterdam on Tuesday week, in a very small venue which I love. Hot Chip, like nothing that came before, special, totally unique.

[willsnewman]

I'm seriously looking forward to getting some groove on at The Art School in Glasgow on Tuesday night!!

Sooo excited. And then subclub after. They do spoil us.

[eastynh]

Not certain where or when they are playing at the festival, but I'm sure I'll be there. WH headlines would be good, not not really essential. In the mean time I'll be watching them in Amsterdam on Tuesday week, in a very small venue which I love. Hot Chip, like nothing that came before, special, totally unique.

I will get told off for mentioning them again, but I find Hot Chip like a modern day New Order without the basslines. New Order seem a bit tougher and in all honesty Hot Chip do not reach the heights of New Order (not many do though). But in regards to electro dance friendly rock/pop, they tread the same road.

[bennyhana22]

I will get told off for mentioning them again, but I find Hot Chip like a modern day New Order without the basslines. New Order seem a bit tougher and in all honesty Hot Chip do not reach the heights of New Order (not many do though). But in regards to electro dance friendly rock/pop, they tread the same road.

And therein lies the beauty of diversity, easty!

I have never managed to love New Order as much as I always thought I should, even feeling a little 'guitly' for not getting a band that were so highly revered, and that accepting all other criteria, I should have loved.

I just found/find them a bit...boring. It's funny because, knowing your predilictions a little, I didn't/don't get bored by Depeche Mode, and I'd loosely group NO and DM together in terms of the 'type (if not strictly genre) og bands that they are. Bottom line is, Martin Gore is the better song-writer. So, I always warmed to the sound of New Order, but not the quality of the song-writing. For me, and I realise this approaches herecy, the same is true of Joy Division. I can enjoy the raw power of heartfelt post-punk, but only is it's well written, and for me, sorry, just not much of JD was...

*puts on tin hat*

Hot Chip, however, have (IMO) a knack for finding the little nuances that allow them to stand out from other bands, in terms of the quality of the song-writing. Many of their best songs are not immediately poopy-catchy-hooky, but then reward the listener. I think they're genuinely 'unique' (as much as any band can be) in what they do. As such, their quiet rise in critical/popular acclaim, is a real joy in this age of X-Factor/disposable instant success guff.

Roll on Friday night at GF2015.

Ben

[Homer]

In fairness, I'd say a lot of their work is "immediately poopy"!

Edited May 11, 2015 by Homer

[bennyhana22]

In fairness, I'd say a lot of their work is "immediately poopy"!

Well, you have a ball at the Foos then, Meat and Potatoes Rock Boy!

Ben

[Homer]

Ha ha - I'll be at Hot Chip mate. It was just too good a typo not to flag up!

For the record, I was always a bit comme ci comme ca about Hot Chip, then I saw them at Latitude with an open mind and really enjoyed it (am in the 'makes more sense live than on record' camp).

Edited May 11, 2015 by Homer

[bennyhana22]

Ha ha - I'll be at Hot Chip mate. It was just too good a typo not to flag up!

For the record, I was always a bit comme ci comme ca about Hot Chip, then I saw them at Latitidue with an open mind and really enjoyed it (am in the 'makes more sense live than on record' camp).

What a tit I am...thought you were just being funny, rather than an error by my sausage fingers!

I'll not edit it, as that would alter the space-post continuum and the world would implode. See you in the middle of HC, then!

Ben

[Mardy]

New Order leave me cold, I know they're quality, I know they're important, I've read their story so many times yadda yadda yadda, but they've never really get under my skin, and they don't fill my soul with joy, in the way Hot Chip can do.

[stuartbert two hats]

New Order leave me cold, I know they're quality, I know they're important, I've read their story so many times yadda yadda yadda, but they've never really get under my skin, and they don't fill my soul with joy, in the way Hot Chip can do.

Yep, this. Last year I decided to explore their back catalogue properly, having Spotify. I thought I'd find loads of songs I'd love that I didn't know about. Turns out (to my ears) they don't have enough good songs to fill a Best Of compilation. Other than Blue Monday, True Faith and World In Motion there was very little there that moved me. I'm probably overstating it a bit, but not much.

Sorry.

[bennyhana22]

New Order leave me cold, I know they're quality, I know they're important, I've read their story so many times yadda yadda yadda, but they've never really get under my skin, and they don't fill my soul with joy, in the way Hot Chip can do.

Three lines succinctly expressing what I failed to do in twenty. It was ever thus...

Ben

[zero000]

Yep, this. Last year I decided to explore their back catalogue properly, having Spotify. I thought I'd find loads of songs I'd love that I didn't know about. Turns out (to my ears) they don't have enough good songs to fill a Best Of compilation. Other than Blue Monday, True Faith and World In Motion there was very little there that moved me. I'm probably overstating it a bit, but not much.

Sorry.

No bizarre love triangle? You Heathen.