Hot Chip, one of my favorite bands, played "Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon" last night. As if that wasn't good enough, the legendary Roots (not to be confused with the legendary music journalist, Snooki) backed them up on "One Life Stand" off of the brand spanking new album by the same title. One Life Stand will get its official U.S. release on Tuesday. Though it will never live up to the greatness that is The Warning (one of my favorite albums of the previous decade), it does sound a bit more cohesive than their last release, Made In The Dark. I am not, by any means, saying that Made In The Dark was a bad album. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's got some serious jams, but it was a very slight comedown from The Warning. Just a little, tiny comedown.
Picking a favorite between the last three Hot Chip albums is like picking a favorite between Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Horace Grant during the Chicago Bulls championship runs throughout the 90's. Though they all have their redeeming qualities, Horace's goggles, Scottie's smooth character, we all know that Michael was the greatest, just like The Warning will always trump all other Hot Chip albums, now and forever.
The Hot Chippers play NYC tonight. You can check out the show over here starting at 8pm, central time.
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