even dreamy

while bassist Graham Lewis's ear-catching lyrics are vivid yet oblique

I heard the Portishead

late in the drummer's life

and more recently Interpol

Hot Chip - Freakout/Release (LTD Edition, brown vinyl x 2LP) joe strummer even dreamyHot Chip present their eighth album, 'Freakout Release' another dizzying high in a multidecade career that's seen Hot Chip continuing to innovate and develop a rich, resonant songcraft. And while they continue to operate at peak form, the album also feels like a new chapter for the group a collection of flesh andblood songs that finds the band reaching into the darkness to emerge as a true creative unit, their gazes fixed positively on the future