The second album from Hot Chip, The Warning sees these inspired pop alchemists pull off some truly devious musical juxtapositions. Scholars of music from Timbaland to Stevie Wonder to the Aphex Twin, this South London quartet make quirky, ideas-packed vocal...more.
This album is light years ahead of Hot Chip's debut. In my eyes their first record was sort of a "Postal Service" wannable that was less fun. Nevertheless, the indie sites like Pitchfork went nuts over them and the buzz...more.
..owes more than a debt to Kraftwerk, replacing their Teutonic vocal detachment with English whimsy. At other times it's more Scritti Politi in their later more commercial phase as a whole host of 80s almost sample sounds: OMD, Rick James...more.
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