Hot Chip’s brand of dazed and fizzy alternative dance & synthpop has been their signature plate that’s decorated with various coats across different records, gaining them the widespread attention that has persisted ever since. Now 25 years in as a band, they’ve assembled their essential tracks within Joy in Repetition, celebrating the songs that stood out in their storied discography.
Like it or not, Hot Chip has formed an affinity for groovy repetition in their sound. Started back in 2000, each subsequent record always provides an addition to their kinetic alternative dance rollicks. Refining mid-tempo bliss and shuffling synthpop bops across The Warning to in Our Heads, dabbling further in house tones on Why Make Sense, injecting ethereal atmospherics…