Freakout/Release is another dizzying high in a multi-decade career that's seen Hot Chip continuing to innovate and develop a rich, resonant songcraft. And while they continue to operate at peak form, the album also feels like a new chapter for the group - a collection of flesh-and-blood songs that finds the band reaching into the darkness to emerge as a true creative unit, their gazes fixed positively on the future ahead. The album features Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon, British DJ and musician Lou Hayter, and production work from Soulwax.
1. Down
2. Eleanor
3. Freakout/Release
4. Broken
5. Not Alone
6. Hard to Be Funky [feat. Lou Hayter]
7. Time
8. Miss the Bliss
9. The Evil That Men Do [feat. Cadence Weapon]
10. Guilty
11. Out of My Depth