Hot Chip - The Warning [Re-Issue/Mini Gatefold CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: REWIGCD201 
Barcode: 0887830020121
Release Date: 17 Jul 2026
Genre: Indie/Pop

 In 2008, Hot Chip released ‘Made In The Dark’, a wild pop record that refused to sit still. The album rose to Number 4 in the UK charts with single ‘Ready For The Floor’ breaking into the UK Top Ten and earning a GRAMMY nomination. While their previous efforts were effectively bedroom studio albums, Hot Chip wanted to capture the chemistry of their live show in the recording sessions. Despite being originally signed to a major label, the band had an unprecedented level of autonomy. “We were excited by the idea of doing something strange and vibrant,” said the band’s Joe Goddard, with Alexis Taylor stating, “This record was a lot about freedom to experiment and make whatever kind of take on pop music that we wanted to make,” and bandmember Owen Clarke adding, “We’d kicked the doors in and now we were at the party.”
 By 2010’s ‘One Life Stand’, Hot Chip had evolved. There’d been collaborations with legends like Peter Gabriel and Robert Wyatt, various solo albums and side projects, and, personally, settling down. They’d been touring the world for 10 years and reaching global audiences. As the decade drew to a close, Hot Chip began to take stock. Their songwriting had always been emotionally resonant but on their fourth studio album, it took on a newfound maturity, with themes of domesticity and devotion. The result was ‘One Life Stand’, Hot Chip’s most concise album to date - ten songs that put melody front and centre. It’s clearer and more direct, while outside collaborators infused the sessions with a new energy, fuelled by anthems like ‘I Feel Better’ and the eponymous single ‘One Life Stand’.
 Rewind to the year 2006, when British music was mostly guitar bands in winklepickers and waistcoats. And then along came Hot Chip’s album ‘The Warning’ like a kaleidoscopic bolt from the blue and turned a generation of indie fans onto the hedonistic pleasure of repetitive beats. ‘The Warning’ was ahead of the zeitgeist, spending 17 weeks in the UK charts and earning a Mercury Prize nomination thanks to tracks like ‘Over & Over’ and ‘Boy From School’ Inspired by the sounds coming out of New York in the mid-2000s but even more indebted to the London club underground, the album was characterised by ambitious genre blends and a statement of intent. “Making this record was definitely us trying to defy expectations and do something exciting.”
 These albums are reissued on CD and 2LP for the first time since their original release, in gatefold sleeves with new liner notes by Kate Hutchinson. LPs includes digital download codes.

Careful
Boy From School
Colours
Over And Over
(Just Like We) Breakdown
Tchaparian
Look After Me
The Warning
Arrest Yourself
So Glad To See You
No Fit State