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We don't ordinarily fancy ourselves prognosticators of any particular skill, but that "good feeling" we had last time about Hot Chip returning to the U.S.? Turns out it was smack on the money for once.

Today comes the announcement that Hot Chip will indeed rekindle their romance with U.S. fans following those previously reported intimate gigs on the coasts, that February-long UK jaunt with Matthew Dear, and a recently added spate of EU gigs in March. The new Stateside dates all fall within the cruelest month (April, yo) and find London's finest increasing the temperature of salty, potato-derived snacks from Philly to San Fran.

By April, of course, you'll have perfected your palette of moves based on Made in the Dark, which we'd be remiss not to remind you lands February 5 in the UK and February 6 in the U.S. via Astralwerks/DFA. Said album now has a tracklist (see below), while first single "Ready for the Floor" is set to land January 28 overseas, boasting remixes from Diplo and Soulwax. What's more, Made will also be, er, made available with a limited edition bonus DVD. Plenty of fodder there for your rug-cutting exercises.

And by the time the whole party comes home to roost at May's ATP vs. Pitchfork hootenanny, you'll be a regular dancefloor demon. Or something.

Finally, Hot Chip recently assembled a smokin' mix for BBC Radio 1 that includes some new tunes off Made. Check that here.

Made in the Dark:

01 Out at the Pictures
02 Shake a Fist
03 Ready for the Floor
04 Bendable Poseable
05 We're Looking for a Lot of Love
06 Touch Too Much
07 Made in the Dark
08 One Pure Thought
09 Hold On
10 Wrestlers
11 Don't Dance
12 Whistle for Will
13 In the Privacy of Our Love

Bonus DVD:

01 Shake a Fist (live at Melt Festival, Germany)
02 Boy From School (live at Melt Festival, Germany)
03 Hold On (live at Electric Ballroom, London)
04 One Pure Thought (live at Glastonbury Festival)
05 Over and Over (live at Glastonbury Festival)

"Ready for the Floor":

7" #1:

A1 Ready for the Floor (Radio Edit)
B1 Bubbles They Bounce

7" #2:

A1 Ready for the Floor (Smoothed Out on an R'n'B Tip Version)
B1 My Brother Is Watching Me

CD:

01 Ready for the Floor
02 Shake a Fist (Diplo Mix)
03 Bubbles They Bounce
04 Ready for the Floor (Soulwax Mix)

Hot:

02-02 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
02-04 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater
02-14 Leicester, England - Leicester University *
02-15 Leeds, England - Leeds University Union *
02-16 Manchester, England - Manchester University *
02-18 Portsmouth, England - Pyramid Centre *
02-19 Oxford, England - Oxford Academy *
02-20 Norwich, England - Norwich U.E.A. *
02-22 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall *
02-23 Preston, England - 53 Degrees *
02-24 Bristol, England - Academy *
02-26 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC *
02-27 Newcastle, England - Newcastle University *
02-28 Brighton, England - Corn Exchange *
02-29 London, England - Brixton Academy *
03-08 Hamburg, Germany - Uebel & Gefahrlich
03-09 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
03-10 Munich, Germany - Elserhalle
03-11 Cologne, Germany - Gloria
03-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
03-14 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
03-15 Lille, France - Grand Mix
03-17 Paris, France - Trabendo
03-18 Rennes, France - Ubu
04-10 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
04-11 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04-12 New York, NY - Terminal 5
04-14 Boston, MA - Paradise
04-17 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
04-18 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04-22 Seattle, WA - Showbox
04-23 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
04-24 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
05-09-11 Rye, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (ATP vs. Pitchfork) ^

* with Matthew Dear
^ with the Hold Steady, Of Montreal, Jens Lekman, Man Man, Les Savy Fav, Black Lips, Caribou, Dirty Projectors, No Age, Los Campesinos!, Glass Candy, Deerhunter, A Place to Bury Strangers, Yeasayer, Redd Kross, Marissa Nadler, Sebadoh, Ween, Meat Puppets, the Black Angels, Fuck Buttons, Wooden Shjips, Pissed Jeans, Apse, Shit and Shine