Hot Chip - Why Make Sense - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Dean Wareham offers up an album of Western dream-pop recorded with his friend Cheval Sombre (aka Chris Porpora). Recorded by Jason Quever (Papercuts, Beach House) at Palmetto Recording in L.A. and featuring a backing band rounded out by Britta Phillips (Luna), Anthony LaMarca (War on Drugs) and Will Halsey, the duo take turns on lead vocals singing Western themed songs from old Hollywood movies and songwriters like Marty Robbins, Ricky Nelson, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt and Magnetic Fields. Dean Wareham founded the bands Galaxie 500 and Luna. One-man-band Cheval Sombre emerged in the 2000s, making recordings in his apartment on the Hudson River. Porpora has previously worked with Dean and Britta, Sonic Boom and members of MGMT.

By 2010's One Life Stand, Hot Chip had evolved. There'd been collaborations with legends like Peter Gabriel and Robert Wyatt, various solo albums and side projects, and, personally, settling down. They'd been touring the world for 10 years and reaching global audiences. As the decade drew to a close, Hot Chip began to take stock. Their songwriting had always been emotionally resonant but on their fourth studio album, it took on a newfound maturity, with themes of domesticity and devotion. The result was One Life Stand, Hot Chip's most concise album to date 10 songs that put melody front and centre. It's clearer and more direct, while outside collaborators infused the sessions with a new energy, fueled by anthems like 'I Feel Better' and the eponymous single 'One Life Stand'.Reissued here for the first time ever since it's with new liner notes by Kate Hutchinson.

2012 , the fifth album from the British Electro Rock quintet. It's 11 stellar tracks of hyper-infectious pop, fizzing percussion and addictive bass line; there is even a gorgeous ballad or two.