I am not actually Oh My!

In his stead today is his bored-at-work girlfriend! I asked to guest post because I got so excited by the announcement of a new Hot Chip album and US tour, which I’ve been waiting anxiously for two years for, that I had to share it with more people than just Facebook.

After a long wait, Hot Chip has finally announced the release date of their 4th album, “One Life Stand”, which is set to drop on February 8, 2010 – almost exactly two years since 2008’s Made in the Dark. Check out the first single “Take It In” here, which is available on their website if you pre-order the album. You might’ve heard the track before from May’s Bugged Out mix by Hot Chip, but this version is different. Also for download is Hot Chip’s cover of Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing,” a great Hot Chip-ified a classic, which was actually released last year but if you haven’t heard it yet, you should.

Hot Chip, with trademark creative intrepidity and emotional intensity assisted by the vocal contrast of singers Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard, offer a sneak peek to the rest of the new album with “Take It In”, which starts off a little dark and chilled out, but the chorus comes in strong and the song is actually as upbeat as some of the hits from “Made in the Dark”. Me like!

Curious and anxious for the rest of the album! Enjoy, and maybe you’ll hear from me again.

Hot Chip – Take It In (direct download)

Hot Chip – Sexual Healing (direct download)

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