Hot Chip are back. With their return, the British band are tapping into the ideas from their 2006 hit single “Over and Over” for a new compilation, Joy In Repetition, out Sept. 5 via Domino. The “best of” project will feature a range of gems from their seven-album discography, including “Ready For The Floor,” “I Feel Better,” “Flutes,” “Over and Over,” “Boy From School,” “Look At Where We Are” and “Melody of Love.”
Even as Hot Chip revisit their classic material, they’re still charting new ground. Accompanying the compilation announcement, the band has shared the electro-rock track “Devotion,” which marks their first new music since the 2022 LP Freakout/Release.
“Devotion” also arrives with a music video, directed by Will Kindrick and filmed in Japan. It follows a Japanese security guard as he dances through his day, showing off his ultra-commitment to all things traffic safety. “This video is me pouring one out on the curb for the devoted, hard-working keibiin everywhere,” Kindrick said in a statement.
Later this year, Hot Chip will celebrate the release of Joy In Repetition with a handful of live shows in the U.K and U.S. They’ll start the party off in London at Troxy on Sept. 5; head across the pond to New York to play Webster Hall on Sept 7; then wrap the celebration in Los Angeles at the Fonda Theatre on Sept. 9.
Just as the name of the compilation album suggests, it’s a happy return for Hot Chip. “There’s joy in doing something again and again,” lead vocalist Alex Taylor said in a statement, adding, “That’s true of rhythms, of grooves and of making records together for 20 years. We’re still doing it. We still love doing it.”
Joy in Repetition Track List
“Ready For The Floor”
“Boy From School”
“One Life Stand”
“Night And Day”
“Flutes”
“Hungry Child”
“Over And Over”
“Positive”
“Look At Where We Are”
“Need You Now”
“Eleanor”
“Huarache Lights”
“Melody of Love”
“I Feel Better”
“Devotion”
