Hot Chip - Huarache Lights review • DIY Magazine

A Huarache is a leather-thonged sandal, originally worn by Mexican Indians. As the solemn robotic speech rolls out the welcome mat on Hot Chip’s return, though, it’s clear that this song is all about kicking off your heels. The opening track to ‘Why Make Sense?’ sees Hot Chip slowly flood the room with glitching electronica. What starts off as a one-two shuffle of summer vibrations quickly swells into dancefloor abandon.

Arms aloft, table mounted, this is a consuming powerhouse of rhythm and groove. Alexis Taylor’s soulful murmur of “replace us with the things, that do the job better,” is overtaken by the same devilish robot that starts the track as heart and digital display join hand in hand, in decadent funk. Chirpy, upbeat and cascading, ‘Huarache Lights’ is a reminder that while their absence has seen many young pretenders vie for their throne, Hot Chip are irreplaceable.

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