Hot Chip unveil video for “Spell” – new album out now
Hot Chip share video for “Spell” – watch here New album A Bath Full Of Ecstasy out now Upcoming festivals including Glastonbury, NOS Alive, La Route Du Rock
Photo credit: Ronald Dick “Hot Chip, the greatest British group of their generation” The Observer 5* “Beautiful… a summer soundtrack with depth” The Times 5* “Hot Chip still seem effortlessly ahead of the curve” The Sun 5* “This is a record with both heart and soul… their best” Independent 5* “A Bath Full Of Ecstasy feels like a glorious concentration of Hot Chip’s skills” Q 4* “Is a 15-year career long enough to lay claim to the title of national treasure? Either way, Putney’s finest continue to justify the possibility with their seventh album” The Guardian 4* “Their boldest offering” NME 4* “A reminder of why this band are so beloved” Mixmag Album of the Month 8/10 “Hot Chip impress once again” Mojo 4* “This is what Hot Chip do best: infectious escapism at its finest” DIY 4* “Hot Chip have seldom sounded as youthful and carefree as they do on A Bath Full of Ecstasy” Uncut “On A Bath Full of Ecstasy, Hot Chip remain as vital as ever” The Line of Best Fit 8.5/10 “Nine tracks of sublime kaleidoscopic pop… their most immediate and leanest body of work” London In Stereo “One of synth pop’s most solid acts” CRACK “One of – if not the finest – band of our generation” Clash 8/10 Last Friday, Hot Chip released A Bath Full Of Ecstasy, their brilliant seventh album and 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. Ahead of their show at Glastonbury this weekend – where they headline the Park Stage on Saturday – the band have shared a video for album track “Spell”.
Watch the video for “Spell” here.
Having originally started life as a track for Katy Perry (Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard contributed to her 2017 album Witness), “Spell” showcases some of the more experimental vocal production found on A Bath Full of Ecstasy. Taylor’s vocals are manipulated to be playful and free, without obfuscating the words; harking to Prince’s gender-bending infectious lust. Directed by Simon Owens, the video for “Spell” takes the lyrics “Like a spell you are under | And now I feel your curse / It’s all that I wanted / A memory in reverse / Forever I’m haunted” and twists them into a weird and warped bedroom that wouldn’t be out of place in an Evil Dead film.
Stream A Bath Full Of Ecstasy here.
With a summer full of festivals, Hot Chip will head to North America in September before returning to the UK and Europe for their biggest headline tours to date.
Watch the video for “Hungry Child” here.
Watch the video for “Melody of Love” here.
Upcoming live dates28-30th June – Glastonbury festival, Somerset 4th July – Vida Festival, Catalonia Spain 5th July – Pointu Festival, Six-Fours-les-Plages, France 11th July – NOS Alive festival, Lisbon, Portugal 11-13th July – Bilbao Live festival, Bilbao, Spain 19-21st July – Bluedot Festival, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield 26th July – Les Nuits Secrètes festival, Aulnoye-Aimeries, France 2-4th August – All Together Now festival, Waterford, Ireland 4th August – Playground of Sound festival, Glasgow 16th August – La Route du Rock festival, St Malo, France 16-18th August – Pukkelpop festival, Hasselt, Belgium 30th August – Into The Great Wide Open Festival, Vlieland, Netherlands 3rd Sept – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn NY 4th Sept – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn NY 5th Sept – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn NY – new addition 7th Sept – 9:30 Club, Washington DC 8th Sept – Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA 9th Sept – Royale, Boston MA 10th Sept – MTELUS, Montreal QC 12th Sept – Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON 13th Sept – Riviera Theatre, Chicago IL 14th Sept – First Avenue, Minneapolis MN 17th Sept – Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC 18th Sept – The Showbox, Seattle WA 19th Sept – The Showbox, Seattle WA 20th Sept – Roseland Theater, Portland OR 24th Sept – The Catalyst, Santa Cruz CA 25th Sept – Fox Theater, Oakland CA 27th Sept – Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles CA 16th Oct – Limelight, Belfast 17th Oct – Olympia, Dublin 18th Oct – O2 Institute 1, Birmingham 21st Oct – O2 Academy, Bristol 22nd Oct – Rock City, Nottingham 24th Oct – LCR, Norwich 26th Oct – Alexandra Palace, London 30th Nov – Alcatraz, Milan 2nd Dec – Melkweg, Amsterdam 3rd Dec – Columbiahalle, Berlin 4th Dec – den Atelier, Luxembourg 5th Dec – Les Docks, Lausanne 7th Dec – Elysée Montmartre, Paris – Sold out 8th Dec – Elysée Montmartre, Paris 11th Dec – Docks, Hamburg 14th Dec – Vasateatern, Stockholm 15th Dec – Rockefeller, Oslo Tickets A Bath Full Of Ecstasy is available to buy on signed deluxe double LP (transparent orange and turquoise vinyl in exclusive black and white sleeve), standard double LP, CD and digitally. Buy: Dom Mart | Digital
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