Hot Chip announce new album 'A Bath Full of Ecstasy'

Hot Chip confirm new album A Bath Full of Ecstasy will be released on June 21^st

Watch the video for ‘Hungry Child’ HERE

Announce autumn tour for North America, Europe and UK

Playing London tonight as part of sold out worldwide tour

Hot Chip will release their electrifying seventh album, A Bath Full of Ecstasy, on June 21^st. Their third album for Domino, A Bath Full of Ecstasy is the group’s definitive release, crystallising the sound they’ve become celebrated for – bridging euphoria and melancholy with colourful melodies, idiosyncratic vocalisations and pounding electronic pop rhythms.

 

Recorded in Paris and London, the album sees the group (Owen Clarke, Al Doyle Joe Goddard, Felix Martin and Alexis Taylor) open up to a more adventurous and collaborative song-writing process, choosing to work with outside producers for the first time: Philippe Zdar, the French maestro who’s shaped the magic of Cassius and Phoenix, and Rodaidh McDonald, the Scot who’s collaborated with The XX, David Byrne and Sampha, among others.

 

Today, the band share the first song from the record, ‘Hungry Child’; for 6 glorious minutes, Hot Chip fuse the uplifting soft pads and melodic keys of classic soulful house and the percussive swing of UK garage, full of sweet vocalisations and rhythmic snaps, to make an instant, club-ready hit. The video for ‘Hungry Child’ is directed by Saman Kesh and features Martin Starr and Milana Vayntrub.

 

Stream ‘Hungry Child’ here.

 

Having headlined BBC’s 6Music Festival last weekend, Hot Chip have been debuting new songs at intimate shows in the UK this week; their dates continue in Europe and North America later this month before the quintet reassert themselves as the ultimate festival band this summer, taking in Glastonbury, All Points East, NOS Alive, Pukkelpop and many more. Additionally, in autumn, Hot Chip will embark on their biggest ever headline tours in the UK, Europe and North America.

 

A Bath Full of Ecstasy is a fresh, invigorating and essential new chapter in the band's career. Alongside the external producers, the album also finds Taylor stepping out of his comfort zone with his lyricism; though rooted in first person, here his storytelling becomes more bodily, and more open to new ideas. The record is a celebration of joy but recognises the struggle it can take to get to that point of happiness. You can hear the pleasure Hot Chip had in creating this album and they want to pass on that feeling to the listener. It is time to get lost in A Bath Full of Ecstasy.

 

The album artwork has been created by Turner-prize winning artist Jeremy Deller and Fraser Muggeridge Studio.

 

Tracklisting:

1. Melody of Love
2. Spell
3. Bath Full of Ecstasy
4. Echo
5. Hungry Child
6. Positive
7. Why Does My Mind
8. Clear Blue Skies
9. No God

 

Upcoming live dates

4^th April – Village Underground, London SOLD OUT

5^th April – Concorde 2, Brighton SOLD OUT

6^th April – Trinity, Bristol SOLD OUT

8^th April – Trabendo, Paris SOLD OUT

9^th April – Botanique Orangerie, Brussels SOLD OUT

11^th April – Luxor, Cologne SOLD OUT

12^th April – Mojo, Hamburg SOLD OUT

13^th April – Columbia Theatre, Berlin SOLD OUT

14^th April – Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam SOLD OUT

29^th April – Elsewhere, Brooklyn SOLD OUT

1^st May – El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles CA SOLD OUT

2^nd May – Pappy and Harriet’s, Pioneertown CA SOLD OUT

4^th May – August Hall, San Francisco CA SOLD OUT

24^th May - All Points East festival, London

1^st June – Heartland festival, Egeskov Castle, Denmark

8^th June – Sideways Festival, Helsinki, Finland

14-16^th June – Maifeld Derby festival, Mannheim, Germany

28-30^th June – Glastonbury festival, Somerset

4^th July – Vida Festival, Catalonia Spain

5^th July – Pointu Festival, Six-Fours-les-Plages, France

11^th July – NOS Alive festival, Lisbon, Portugal

11-13^th July – Bilbao Live festival, Bilbao, Spain

19-21^st July – Bluedot Festival, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield

19-21^st July – Biarritz en été festival, Biarritz, France

26^th July – Les Nuits Secrètes festival, Aulnoye-Aimeries, France

2-4^th August – All Together Now festival, Waterford, Ireland

4^th August – Playground of Sound festival, Glasgow

16^th August – La Route du Rock festival, St Malo, France

16-18^th August – Pukkelpop festival, Hasselt, Belgium

30^th August – Into The Great Wide Open Festival, Vlieland, Netherlands

 

Autumn 2019 headline tour

3^rd Sept - Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn NY

4^th Sept - Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn NY

7^th Sept - 9:30 Club, Washington DC

8^th Sept - Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA

9^th Sept – Royale, Boston MA

10^th Sept – MTELUS, Montreal QC

12^th Sept - Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON

13^th Sept - Riviera Theatre, Chicago IL

14^th Sept - First Avenue, Minneapolis MN

17^th Sept - Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC

18^th Sept - The Showbox, Seattle WA

19^th Sept - The Showbox, Seattle WA

20^th Sept - Roseland Theater, Portland OR

24^th Sept - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz CA

25^th Sept - Fox Theater, Oakland CA

27^th Sept - Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles CA

17^th Oct – Olympia, Dublin

18^th Oct - O2 Institute 1, Birmingham

21^st Oct - O2 Academy, Bristol

22^nd Oct - Rock City, Nottingham

24^th Oct – LCR, Norwich

30^th Nov – Alcatraz, Milan

2^nd Dec – Melkweg, Amsterdam

3^rd Dec – Columbiahalle, Berlin

4^th Dec - den Atelier, Luxembourg

5^th Dec - Les Docks, Lausanne

7^th Dec - Elysée Montmartre, Paris

11^th Dec – Docks, Hamburg

14^th Dec – Vasateatern, Stockholm

15^th Dec – Rockefeller, Oslo

Tickets on general sale Fri 12^th April @ 10am

 

A Bath Full of Ecstasy is available to pre-order on signed deluxe double LP (transparent orange and turquoise vinyl in exclusive black and white sleeve), standard double LP, CD and digitally. Pre-orders of the album will also enter purchasers into a ticket pre-sale for the band’s worldwide autumn tour dates. Pre-order: Dom Mart | Digital

 

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