Bryn’s Music Selection // Hot Chip
It’s time for this week’s #brynsmusicselection. Hot Chip are an English indie electronic band formed in London in 2000. The group consists of multi-instrumentalists Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard, Al Doyle, Owen Clarke, and Felix Martin. They are supplemented by Rob Smoughton and Sarah Jones for live performances and studio recordings.
Hot Chip primarily produces music in the synthpop and alternative dance genres, drawing influences from house and disco. The band have released six studio albums: Coming on Strong (2004), The Warning (2006), Made in the Dark (2008), One Life Stand (2010), In Our Heads (2012), and Why Make Sense? (2015), and will release a seventh, A Bath Full of Ecstasy, in 2019. The group were nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2006 for The Warning, and for the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2009 for their single “Ready for the Floor”. Outside of Hot Chip, the band members, individually and in partnership with each other, are active in other musical acts and occasionally perform DJ sets.