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Hot Chip - Boy From School

Single Review

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Single nameBoy From School
ArtistHot Chip
LabelEMI

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This single is out on May 8.
Hot Chip play Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh on May 24 and King Tut's, Glasgow on May 25.

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Written by: Dave Reid
Published: Tue 16 May 2006
****
the killer rhythm track gets you shaking your bells and banging your sticks with gusto
Hot Chip's new single Boy from School is a fabulous slice of electro funk, which tells a tale of struggling to fit in. The infectious disco groove would be enough in itself to have you jigging about like a Morris dancer on May Day, but it is the alchemy of the beat with the wistful melody that really raises this single into more sublime territory. The laconic and tender vocal will have you misty eyed with nostalgia whilst the killer rhythm gets you shaking your bells and banging your sticks with gusto. [Dave Reid]

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