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_TO HEAR A FULL CONCERT BY HOT CHIP FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND, CLICK HERE._ Over the course of four albums, the British electro-pop group Hot Chip has developed a style in which it mixes
sweaty, thumping club beats and quirky melodies with the sort of heart-on-sleeve confessionals that'd befit a sensitive singer-songwriter. It's a strange combination, but also a
winning one; never before has the group nailed the formula quite the way it does in "Take It In," from Hot Chip's recent album _One Life Stand._ The track kicks off on an
ominous note, with a descending bass cadence and wonky atonal synth lines, as singer Alexis Taylor delivers harrowing lines about racing against time and searching for love as if he's
in the throes of a fever dream. "My heart attack abates after midnight," he sings in his vulnerable tenor. "But I was in the need of attention." That said, "Take It
In" isn't all gothy doom-and-gloom. When Hot Clip slides into the chorus — all sweet multi-tracked harmonies, cool piano hooks and references to soaring like a dove — the effect is
unequivocally glorious, like a peak-of-the-club-night moment that ought never to end. _Listen to yesterday's Song of the Day, and subscribe to the Song of the Day newsletter._
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