Hot Chip readies Dark new album

While most of us haven't stopped grooving on Hot Chip's 2006 effort The Warning, that's not preventing the group from following it up in short order. Entitled Made In The Dark, Hot Chip Album #3 arrives in the U.S. Feb. 5 of next year by way of Astralwerks and DFA Records. The release drops in the U.K. the day before.

Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Alexis Taylor spoke to NME.com about what fans could expect from the new album.

"It will surprise people," Taylor said. "It's a lot more like a live band sound, it's a lot rockier."

The album has been leaking in bits 'n' pieces over the past little while. As we previously alerted you, the group debuted a free song called "I Became A Volunteer" via EMI Records. "Shake A Fist," meanwhile, is currently streaming on the group's MySpace as "Shake A Tease." Other confirmed track titles include "Bendable Poseable," "We're Looking For A Lot Of Love," "In The Privacy Of Our Love," "Ready For The Floor," "One Pure Thought," and the album's title track.

An Astralwerks press release gives us the following adjectives to chew on while we wait for the record's release:

"Propulsive, repetitive, rhythmical, methodical, wonky, intimate, beautiful and uniquely Hot Chip."

Sounds hot.

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