Ahead of the June 21st release of their album new album A Bath Full Of Ecstasy, Hot Chip have shared the video/single “Melody Of Love.” The album’s opening track, began life as a 12-minute instrumental track featuring a sample from the gospel group The Mighty Clouds of Joy. Under the eye of producer Rodaidh McDonald, the group turned it into a bombastic explosion of Technicolor pop. The song is about the importance of the transformative, non-verbal moment – ecstasy as personal happiness, but also of transcendence, of being outside oneself. “Melody Of Love” follows previous single “Hungry Child.”

A Bath Full Of Ecstasy finds lead vocalist Alexis Taylor stepping out of his comfort zone with his lyricism; though rooted in first person, here his storytelling becomes more bodily, and more open to new ideas. The record is a celebration of joy but recognizes the struggle it can take to get to that point of happiness. You can hear the pleasure Hot Chip had in creating this album and they want to pass on that feeling to the listener: it is time to get lost in A Bath Full Of Ecstasy.

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Live

6/1 – Egeskov Castle, Denmark @ Heartland Festival
6/8 – Helsinki, Finland @ Sideways Festival
6/14 – 6/16 – Mannheim, Germany @ Maifeld Derby Festival
6/20 – Pryzm, Kingston @ Banquet Records Info
6/21 – XOYO, London @ Megamix Info
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 – Tickets on general sale 31st May 9am BST
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