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...Life Stand,” Hot Chip debuts a newly stripped-down aesthetic that effortlessly combines soulful ballads with synth effects and electronic distortion, juxtaposing simple, romantic lyrics with dance beats that wouldn’t disappoint a fist-pumping Jersey Shore guido. Where previous tracks incorporated gimmicks like the jarringly self-referential lyrics on “The Warning” or the inexplicable two minutes of grating synth noises on “Shake a Fist,” the tracks on “One Life Stand” replace them with a new, fully developed sound...
...with electronic effects and a catchy chorus: “We have love / Give it up, give it up / There is nothing else to be proud of.” This presence of upbeat, engaging songs on “One Life Stand” ensures a continuation of Hot Chip’s legacy of eccentric, genre-bending dance floor fodder...
...Hot Chip’s inclusion of a broader range of guest instruments contributes to the album’s effective new sound. Outside collaborators include Fimber Bravo, who plays steel pans on the title track, as well as drummers Charles Hayward of post-punk legends This Heat, and Leo Taylor of post-rock band The Invisible. The upbeat “Hand Me Down Your Love” is driven by a prominent piano line; however, it also includes a powerfully distorted refrain alongside its developed instrumentation and the pure simplicity of the vocals. This combination of disparate elements...
...cohesion of “One Life Stand” marks a high point in Hot Chip’s career. The group have produced many great singles, but this is the first time they have crafted an entire LP of individually worthy, yet ultimately unified songs. “One Life Stand” is a well-crafted and multilayered record, marking a new stage in Hot Chip’s meteoric rise...
...find that when singing opera you lose yourself in your characters, that their worries become yours, that their amours burn hot in your own heart...