Get Glad

Song: "So Glad to See You"

Artist: Hot Chip

Album: The Warning

From: Putney, London

Year: 2006

The Warning reached #34 in the UK in 2006, but it's my jam right now!  "So Glad to See You" is so many things combusting at once.  Brilliant playfully dirty lyrics and electro pop beats make this song inevitable for replay.  

Whole song:
"Like all birds together we will squawk and we squeak
the joy comes from all our beaks
and ringing bells is our fun
now our ass is moving as one..
if we are forgetting all the rules that we learnt
when all the rule books are burnt
and just like a follows b...
our chorus will always be...
So glad to see that you came...
..we hope you come again 

Please come and seek the sea...

I have but one true friend
she sings to me
in my solitude
and i know her name
i tried to know her..
in all her changes
but i don't know her..."

I love "I tried to know her in all her changes", so clever these British boys.  Little chimes clink lightly in the background all the while a mix of beats pulse and pulse like Postal Service on E. Synthesizers on Taylor & Goddard's voices are AHmazing.  Hot Chip doesn't overdo the synths but instead places them during key points in the song- just when you think it's getting sappy, you're transported to Mars.  

In my opinion this song is better than any Amplive track, and right on par with Justice.  The beats are less dancy and more chill-in-a-nook-smoking-a-cigarette with bass player numero two.  "The Voice" reminds me of an alien, a friendly alien who swoons with robotic mannerisms and clever anthems.  If I were to make a video I see a wind tunnel/vacuum with red lips passing through syncing the lyrics the fast-paced emotions this songs emotes.

Yay, play it.