Hot Chip - The Warning

22nd May 2006

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'The Warning' is an amalgamation of great song writing and forward-thinking pop-production. It's an honest record - emotionally and sonically, made by people exploring sound in the warmth of home, not studio, and it is a brittle pairing of voices which sing of love, colours, loss and warnings.

The title track comes from a real love of 2-step garage rhythms an melodies.

'Look After Me' speaks plainly of the growing distance between a couple, and acknowledges vulnerability and the need for unequivocal support between two people.

'And I Was A Boy From School' a beautiful melancholy ballad of loss and acceptance, is Hot Chip's greatest pop moment so far - wonderful in it's simplicity and heartbreaking in its honesty.

Hot Chip have made quite a leap with 'The Warning', in terms of sophistication and clarity.

A deliberately simple tune and lyric, such as 'Colours', transcends its initial child-like innocence to seem gorgeous and somehow, profound.