Hot Chip emerge to the stage at Gorilla Manchester, which is unsurprisingly packed.\u00a0 The audience feel lucky to be seeing this well-known London-born indie-electronic band in such a small venue; the excitement and anticipation is manifesting in the crowd.\u00a0 The five band members appear on stage in front of a pastel back drop. Their clothes, too, match this ethereal, cloud themed set and even front-man Alexis Taylor has dyed his hair appropriately in pinks, blues and yellows.\u00a0 The visuals create a dreamy feel which persists throughout the show as Hot Chip began to play their eclectic range of songs.<\/p>\n
The band played favourites such as \u2018Flutes\u2019, \u2018One Life Stand\u2019 and \u2018Boy from School\u2019 as well as two new songs \u2018Hungry Child\u2019 and \u2018Melody of Love\u2019. It impressed me that even classics such as \u2018Ready for the Floor\u2019 sounded fresh after all these years \u2013 Hot Chip\u2019s sound remains infectiously captivating which the changing colourful lights and dreamscape visuals only contributed to this.<\/p>\n
Hot Chip have been described as indie-electronic, synth-pop, alternative dance and house to name just a few \u2013 fitting for such an experimental and diverse band.\u00a0 The instruments on stage were also varied, and there were a lot of them: we counted at least eight keyboards.<\/p>\n
There were moments at the gig when Hot Chip\u2019s influences were particularly prominent: a robotic voice which sounded just like Kraftwerk and new wave elements akin to Talking Heads.\u00a0 After some research of Hot Chip\u2019s influences, both of the above band names were mentioned as well as perhaps less easily recognisable traces such as Prince and the late Beatles.\u00a0 Garage and funk are also cited as influences. Hot Chip exists as an amalgamation of a broad range of artists and styles resulting in a unique sound which continues to inspire fans.<\/p>\n
Hot Chip temporarily took a break from playing their own music to perform a cover of \u2018Sabotage\u2019 by Beastie Boys. It was well-received by the audience who were slightly older than I had expected. Although there were plenty of people around the age of twenty, the majority appeared to be in thirty to fifty age bracket. This reminded me how long Hot Chip has been going, formed officially in 2000.<\/p>\n
Last night\u2019s performance by no means suggested the band would be stopping producing music any time soon, their energy and enjoyment were clear. In fact, today it has been released that Hot Chip will put out a new album called A Bath Full Of Ecstasy<\/em> which will be available on 21st<\/sup> June.\u00a0 Upcoming performances include Blue Dot Festival on 19th<\/sup> July where Hot Chip will play amongst the likes of Kraftwerk and New Order.\u00a0 That really isn\u2019t one to miss.<\/p>\n Overall, it was a great night.\u00a0 Hot Chip kept everyone entertained through their pulsating rhythms and eye-catching light displays.\u00a0 I am sure for many there it was a nostalgic experience hearing the favourite songs of their youth.\u00a0 At 19, the nostalgic element was not as strong for me; however, I still thoroughly enjoyed Hot Chip.<\/p>\n 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hot Chip as fresh ever performing old favourites and new tunes at Gorilla writes contributor Freya Thomson <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1947,"featured_media":67169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1165,8072,2773,2971,4294,1881,2703],"coauthors":[23066],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1947"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67168"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancunion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=67168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}