What happens when you give one of Britain’s best-loved pop bands the freedom to commission their own content? An interview with David Byrne, gaming with Peter Serafinowizc and nerding out over synths…
Ever since they bounded onto the scene singing about toy monkeys and miniature cymbals, Hot Chip have stuck out as dance-pop’s odd guys. They wear funny outfits, their singer sounds sombre, and they distil influences like Roxy Music and Prince, Arthur Russell and Madonna with a nerdy zeal.
Ten years later, they’ve carved a distinctively eccentric sound, taking in four-to-the-floor house, silky R&B and golden-era disco – and the canny ability to write songs that go straight for the emotional jugular and make you want to get on one on a mid-week night.
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