Review of Hot Chip’s One Life Stand
I apologize for the conspicuous absence of updates, but mid-terms are finishing up and so we should be returning to daily posting again. Today's topic is one indie's hottest bands. After a decent amount time since their release of The Warning, Hot Chip dropped their latest record, One Life Stand.
Expectations of this album were high for this album because The Warning had some killer tracks on it notwithstanding some sour spots on it. And let me tell you now, One Life Stand meets and exceeds all the expectations set from their previous efforts. The album opens with one of the couple ringers on the album, "Thieves in the Night." After listening to it, you'll be walking around singing to yourself, "Happiness is what we all want!"
The shining star of the album and certainly the best track of 2010 thus far is the standout track "Brothers." The ethereal, almost dream-like trance of the song followed by the propelling drums is just blissful. The harmony is simply brilliant. The only shameful part of the song is that it ends and is followed by the weak track on the album, "Slush". The start of the song is so ridiculous that you'll be rushing to change the track before "Brothers" ends. Fortunately, is the only detestable song on the whole album. It's just a shame that it comes right in the middle of the album because it completely disrupt the flow the album. The rest of the album is solid throughout and enjoyable as a whole album or as individual tracks.
Final Rating: 8 / 10