Pitchfork

Britain's most soulful electro-pranksters, Hot Chip, will finally bring their 2004 debut album, Coming on Strong, to North American shores on November 29, courtesy of Astralwerks and their savvy European importation experience. No mere cash-in on word-of-mouth success, the disc will append three bonus tracks( "A-B-C", "Hittin Skittles", and "From Drummer to Driver") to the original version.

Blazin' out Yo la Tengo, hey-ey:

01 Take Care
02 The Beach Party
03 Keep Fallin'
04 Playboy
05 Crap Kraft Dinner
06 Down With Prince
07 Bad Luck
08 You Ride, We Ride, In My Ride
09 Shining Escalade
10 Baby Said
11 One One One
12 A-B-C
13 Hittin Skittles
14 From Drummer to Driver

Best song titles since Fall Out Boy, dontcha think? More should be coming soon, as Hot Chip are currently finishing up production on their still-untitled sophomore album. Although that record will not come out until spring 2006 on Astralwerks and DFA, the former label will issue the album's first single, "Over and Over", on the same date as Coming on Strong, November 29. The band also plans to issue a limited 12" entitled The Barbarian EP that month. It will include four new songs, two of which won't appear on the next album.

British Hot Chip fans who have already purchased their copy of the group's debut at their local record shop will have the good fortune of catching them on tour with fellow dance-punks Mylo and LCD Soundsystem, starting today and continuing through December. Not afraid of hitting up several cities more than once, Hot Chip are as brash and irreverent as ever, you can bet on it:

10-26 Edinburgh, Scotland - Corn Exchange *
10-27 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands *
10-28 Leeds, England - Leeds University *
10-29 Manchester, England - Manchester University *
10-31 Belfast, Ireland - Spring & Airbrake Festival *
11-01 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador *
11-02 Birmingham, England - Academy *
11-04 Norwich, England - UEA *
11-05 London, England - Brixton Academy *
11-19 Aberdeen, Scotland - The Tunnel
11-20 Glasgow, Scotland - Optimo at Sub Club
11-21 Newcastle, England - Club NME at Digital
11-24 Sheffield, England - Fuzz Club
11-25 Liverpool, England - Evol at Korova
11-26 Nottingham, England - Stealth at Rescue Rooms
12-03 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands #
12-04 Manchester, England - Ritzy #
12-06 Leeds, England - Blank Canvas #
12-07 London, England - Brixton Academy #
12-10 London, England - Horseshoe Tavern $

* with Mylo
# with LCD Soundsystem
$ with Grovesnor, Elysian Quartet