The pop gods have spoken

Here is a picture of the new Hot Chip record and a kettle we bought at Ikea:



After literally DAYS of harassing our mail"person" and viciously accusing them of grand theft, a nice-looking UPS man knocked on our door this afternoon and gave us our copy of Made In The Dark in exchange for our signature on his little computer-y thing. That, readers, is how the BUSINESS works.

Here is what we think of Made In The Dark:

1. It will inevitably be The Best Record Of 2008, unless Sophie or Kylie unexpectedly knocks one out of the park, which is highly unlikely at this stage of the "game".
2. The opening track, "Out At The Pictures", is great and makes us want to dance in a very bizarre fashion, but only after it drones on for the first minute: OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ART.
3. "Ready For The Floor" is still as good as "Since U Been Gone".
4. The packaging is also quite nice, which is good as we now live in a society where some fucking cardboard slapped together with some glue is the only reason to own a record. You can't tell in the picture but the artwork is EMBOSSED. LIKE A WEDDING INVITATION. We can only assume that Hot Chip want to marry us. We do, Hot Chip, we do.
5. They haven't taken that annoying spoken word part out of "Shake A Fist", but we suppose beggars can't be choosers, etc.

Overall score: 1,000,000%