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Here's a nice early week boost: Hot Chip's "Dark & Stormy" debuted on BBC's Radio One on Monday night, a charming one-off single that picks up amiably where the band's last full-length left off.

Recorded in London at the Club Ralph studio (like "In Our Heads," their last album), the track will be available on vinyl and digital download on July 22. NME reports that the song's b-side will be a rejiggered version of the band's popular single "Look at Where We Are," featuring Tori and Reiko Kudo singing in Japanese.

Take a listen above and let us know what you think in the comments. For an in-depth interview with band leader Alexis Taylor, head over to our earlier coverage.

Hot Chip is returning to the United States for a string of dates in support of "In Our Heads," the well-received album the band released in June of last year.

The English indie-electro quintet will start their American journey at the Ultra Music Festival, the Coachella of dance music (later, in April, they'll also perform at Coachella itself). But though they're seeing quite a few bookings at dance festivals, Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor tells The Huffington Post the band isn't too concerned about the fist-pumping audience.

"I think people know what to expect when they come to see Hot Chip," he said in a phone interview from the band's rehearsal space in London. "So we still get booked, but we may seem a bit more like a live band by comparison, whereas a few years back we were just doing our own thing and some other bands were doing something similar.

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It’s been a seemingly effortless rise to the top of the dance music pile for London’s eccentric electro-pop quintet Hot Chip since arriving on the scene with 2004′s The Warning. It was 2006′s ‘Over and Over’ that would propel them head over heels towards the beginnings of dance music superstardom, with its devilishly catchy beats and rhymes providing a smart satirical retort to the critics who’d branded them ‘boring and repetitive’ on album number one.

After a short hiatus- whilst Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor explored some interesting extracurricular side projects- Hot Chip return with album number five, a collection of songs bursting at the seams with infectious and emotive pop hooks and synths that, whilst it showcases Hot Chip’s amazing affinity for drawing on a vast collection of disparate influences, heavily recalls 80′s synth-based troupe New Order during their Power, Corruption & Lies phase.

Hot Chip released "Night and Day," the lead single off their upcoming album, In Our Heads on Wednesday. The track is available now for digital download, with a 12-inch vinyl to come June 4th.

The song is likely to please Hot Chip fans who are used to the bands bouncier tracks, as it has an elastic bassline that funks up the song considerably. Lead singer Alexis Taylor's wonderfully creepy voice broods over the the track as stabby synths layer over the bassline to create an entirely danceable piece of electro pop.

The vinyl edition will include a 2 Bears remix that will feature Trim, as well a b-side entitled "Jelly Babies." The band also released the artwork for the album (the article continues after the image):

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Hot Chip would make a pretty killer rock band. They just need to work on their set list a bit. Sure, you can play some of the new stuff, but you've also got to sprinkle in the hits. You can totally do an encore, but you've got to have one bombastic number left in the bag. After all, the kids need something to buzz about as they make their way to the exits.

All of that was abundantly clear on Friday night (February 5) at New York's Highline Ballroom, as Hot Chip returned to the stage after a brief hiatus for a MySpace Secret Show in support of their brand-new album One Life Stand. It was a rather excellent rock show, with epic light design, massive backbeats and even the occasional guitar thrown in for good measure, but the guys could probably learn a thing or two about pacing.

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