Hot Chip
The Warning
Label: Astralwerks

British duo Hot Chip’s second album, The Warning is an aural feast. The album totally fits whatever mood you’d like, and it has those unassuming, yet pervasive underbeats akin to The Notwist and the subtle sensibility of Kings of Convenience we crave about three times a month.

In particular, we love the nondescript bells on the title track, the electro-soul spectacularness of “And I Was a Boy From School” (which actually reminds us we need to listen to Mellowdrone’s new disc again), and the John-Lennon-wearing-Zubaz vocals on “Colour.”

Overall, it’s 12 tracks of boisterous, wistful wonderment, and we can’t wait to see them live.

Hot Chip hit Minneapolis’ First Ave on November 11 with Jamie Lidell.