Hot Chip always struck me a little timid, tiptoeing over twinkling synths, only occasionally (Boy From School!) getting anywhere.
This is bolder stuff though, the title track's got some real swagger, and Jelly Babies goes full weird, complete with offscript synth squiggles, vocal deconstructions, and a National Anthem-ready horn squall climax. Even Doctor's steel drums manage a crafty build near the end there.
But that's all the meat on this EP's bone: padded by a reissue of mid-tier highlight Flutes and some remixes. Still, it's probably the strongest 4-song stretch in their catalog (Flutes holds up!) and the one I'm most likely to return to any time soon 3.5/5
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