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Jun 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts Hot Chip

Hot Chip released a new album, A Bath Full of Ecstasy, last Friday via Domino (stream it here and read our positive review of the album here). Now they have shared a twisted video for the album’s “Spell.” Simon Owens directed the clip, which starts with a couple getting intimate in the bedroom. So far so sexy, until the bed and other furniture come to life and things turn sinister. Watch it below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates.

Previously they shared a video for its first single, “Hungry Child” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Then they shared another song from it, “Melody of Love,” also via a video for it (it was also one of our Songs of the Week). Then when the album was released album track “Positive” was one of our Songs of the Week.

For A Bath Full of Ecstasy, the band (Owen Clarke, Al Doyle, Joe Goddard, Felix Martin, and Alexis Taylor) worked with outside producers for the first time: France’s Philippe Zdar of Cassius (who alas just tragically passed away) and Scotland’s Rodaidh McDonald. The album was recorded in Paris and London. Turner-prize winning artist Jeremy Deller and Fraser Muggeridge Studio created the album’s artwork. The album is the follow-up to 2015’s Why Make Sense?, although in 2018 founding member/lead vocalist Alexis Taylor released a new solo album, Beautiful Thing, also via Domino.

Hot Chip Tour Dates:

6/28 - 6/30 - Somerset @ Glastonbury Fesival
7/4 - Catalonia, Spain @ Vida Festival
7/5 - Six-Fours-les-Plages, France @ Pontu Festival
7/11 - Lisbon, Portugal @ NOS Alive Festival
7/11 - 7/13 - Bilbao, Spain @ Bilbao Live Fesival
7/19 - 7/21 - Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield @ Bluedot Festival
7/19 - 7/21 - Biarritz, France @ Biarritz en été Festival
7/26 - Aulnoye-Aimeries, France @ Les Nuits Secrètes Festival
8/2 - 8/4 - Waterford, Ireland @ All Together Now Festival
8/4 - Glasgow @ Playground of Sound Festival
8/16 - St Malo, France @ La Route du Rock Festival
8/16 - 8/18 - Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
8/30 - Vlieland, Netherlands @ Into The Great Wide Open Festival
9/3 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
9/4 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel,
9/7 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
9/8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
9/9 - Boston, MA @ Royale
9/10 - Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
9/12 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
9/13 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
9/14 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
9/17 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
9/18 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
9/19 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
9/20 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater,
9/24 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
9/25 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
9/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium
10/17 - Dublin @ Olympia
10/18 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute 1
10/21 - Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy
10/22 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
10/24 - Norwich, UK @ LCR
10/26 - London @ Alexandra Palace
11/30 - Milan @ Alcatraz
12/2 - Amsterdam @ Melkweg
12/3 - Berlin @ Columbiahalle
12/4 - Luxembourg @ den Atelier
12/5 - Lausanne @ Les Docks
12/7 - Paris, France @ Elysée Montmartre - SOLD OUT
12/8 - Paris, France @ Elysée Montmartre
12/11 - Hamburg, Germany @ Docks
12/14 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Vasateatern
12/15 - Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller

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