From the club bangers “Shake a Fist” and “Ready for the Floor” to the handful of ballads (there are more than two), each presents an almost perfectly-conceived singular idea, stacked up next to each other like books on a bookshelf. ![]() You come to value each song on its own merits. But the more time you spend with the album, the less that seems to matter. ![]() In fact, the London group’s third album is more fragmented than ever - the songwriting duties, split between singer/producers Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor, reveal a markedly varied set of influences and aesthetics. What makes Made in the Dark great isn’t any overarching concept, some grand theme that ties the whole thing together. If you’ve only heard those tracks, if you’ve lived with these new songs graffitied with corporate paranoia - not to get all high and mighty - but this one time you owe it to the music to pay for it, for once. ![]() A robotic voice chirps the words over each track of the leaked advance copy, usually at the most inopportune moment - when the vocals enter for the first time, or when a chorus kicks off. For many listeners, the most memorable lyric from Hot Chip’s amazing third album may be this: “ Made in the Dark by Hot Chip, coming soon”.
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