The Beta Band’s more dance-driven brother Hot Chip are set to return with their new album, Why Make Sense?, on May 18th through Domino Records, but it’s streaming a full week early on a site specially set up by the band.
The widely acclaimed follow-up to 2012’s In Our Heads was concocted in Oxfordshire and London, with producer Mark Ralph (Franz Ferdinand). The goal was a burst of minimalistic energy.
“The record is about the excitement of choosing what you might wear, choosing which records you will play,” frontman Alexis Taylor explains. “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.”
Post-punk, disco jimmies, alien acid dub, or just a fucking good time, the new Hot Chip is definitely getting top placement on the spin list this week. Pick it up right here.
Why Make Sense? Tracklist:
01. Huarache Lights
02. Love Is The Future
03. Cry For You
04. Started Right
05. White Wine and Fried Chicken
06. Dark Night
07. Easy To Get
08. Need You Now
09. So Much Further To Go
10. Why Make Sense?
