Albums of 2010, No 3: Hot Chip – One Life Stand

Hot Chip's fourth LP was both ecstatic and eclectic. Crucially, it saw them drop the self-mockery and bare their soulsIn a pop world obsessed with the new, "Band makes amazing music on fourth LP" isn't a headline to excite tastemakers. Hot Chip were far more celebrated when sampling Todd Rundgren and singing self-mockingly about cruising around Putney. Yet One Life Stand is the London five-piece's best album by a mile, containing 10 tracks on which Hot Chip stopped smirking and opened their hear...

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