Fresh from the announcement of UK instores and remixes for “Down”, Hot Chip are happy to unveil the second single from their forthcoming eighth album Freakout/Release(due Aug 19th). Entitled “Eleanor”, it’s an absolute belter of a song whose taut pop swings with a classic gait not unlike Fleetwood Mac’s...

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In April, Hot Chip announced their return with news of their eighth album Freakout/Release – due Aug 19th – as well as the first taste of it with storming single “Down”. They are now pleased to release three new remixes of the track.

First up are Sworn Virgins; signed to Soulwax’s Deewee label the duo have delivered an absolute epic remix. Conjuring up that heady, sweaty and sexy atmosphere...

Today, Hot Chip are pleased to confirm news of the eighth album Freakout/Release, due for release on August 19th via Domino. Freakout/Release is another dizzying high in a multi-decade career that’s seen Hot Chip continuing to innovate and develop a rich, resonant songcraft. And while they continue to operate at peak form, the album also feels like a new chapter for the group—a collection of flesh-and-blood songs that finds the...

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Hot Chip are very pleased to release a never heard before track Losing My Head’ (Superpitcher Dub), taken from the band’s ‘A Bath Full Of Ecstasy’ album sessions. All profits from the track – on sale via Bandcamp only – will be donated to climate emergency action group EarthPercent.

‘Despite the challenges that our industry faces in modifying its working methods in...

Today, Hot Chip are pleased to announce their brand-new single “Straight To The Morning” featuring the inimitable Jarvis Cocker. Produced by the band and Mark Ralph, the song is a transportive tonic of fresh, modern disco that harks back (& hopefully forward) to carefree communion on the dancefloor.

Watch the video for “Straight To The Morning” featuring Jarvis Cocker here.
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On June 21st, Hot Chip will release their dynamic new album A Bath Full Of Ecstasy; a fresh, invigorating and essential new chapter in the band's career, it finds the band working with external producers for the first time, Philippe Zdar and Rodaidh McDonald.

Following their incredible performance at All Points East festival last week, the band have shared a second song from their forthcoming record, “Melody of Love”.

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Hot Chip will release their electrifying seventh album, A Bath Full of Ecstasy, on June 21st. Their third album for Domino, A Bath Full of Ecstasy is the group’s definitive release, crystallising the sound they’ve become celebrated for – bridging euphoria and melancholy with colourful melodies, idiosyncratic vocalisations and pounding electronic pop rhythms.

Recorded in Paris and London, the album sees the group (Owen Clarke, Al Doyle Joe Goddard, Felix...

Rock legend Iggy Pop and French electro dreamers M83 join British pop icon Ellie Goulding as this year’s Positivus Festival headliners. Other acts confirmed for the 10th anniversary edition include Years & Years, Hot Chip, Air, John Newman, Grimes, Charles Bradley, Richard Hawley, Mercury Rev, Wolf Alice, Oh Wonder, The Japanese House and many more.

No stranger to crazy stage antics and eccentric performances, Iggy Pop is set to deliver...

Hot Chip will release their sixth album and second for Domino, Why Make Sense?, on 18th May 2015. Recorded in Oxfordshire and London and produced by Hot Chip with Mark Ralph, Why Make Sense? is the band’s follow up to 2012’s critically acclaimed In Our Heads.

Watch the accompanying video for the Why Make Sense? album opener, Huarache Lights, based around a light installation by artist Robert Bell and filmed...