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Hot Chip<\/a> have a new album on the way called A Long Way From Kansas<\/em>, which is set to arrive on January 8. They paired the announcement with a new song, \u201cRandom Violence,\u201d a tribute to the late Optimo DJ JD Twitch<\/a>. Check out the Jack Cole-directed video of it below.<\/p>\n \u201cLast year in September our old friend and brilliant DJ Keith McIvor of Optimo in Glasgow passed away after a diagnosis of an inoperable brain tumour a few months earlier,\u201d Hot Chip\u2019s Joe Goddard shared in a statement. “He largely inspired the words of the song.\u00a0He was a passionate music lover and a staunch believer in socialism. Many of the words relate directly to his death and to memories of being in Sub Club in Glasgow where we met 20 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n A Long Way From Kansas<\/em> marks bandmember Felix Martin\u2019s first time singing on a Hot Chip record, and also features Beth Ditto and Eddie Chacon. The record follows Hot Chip\u2019s 2022 album Freakout\/Release<\/em><\/a>. Since then, the band have shared a 2025 reissue of their greatest-hits collection Joy In Repetition<\/em><\/a>, appeared on the second season of Netflix\u2019s Beef<\/em>, and celebrated the 20th anniversary of their second album, The Warning.<\/em><\/p>\n