“Beautiful Thing shows a gorgeous other side to Alexis Taylor”
“It’s hard not to hear Alexis Taylor’s voice and immediately get in a Hot Chip frame of mind. Even now, on his fourth solo album, there are moments where you have to pinch yourself lest you start to expect Joe Goddard’s vocal creeping in. ‘Beautiful Thing’ sees Taylor working with a producer for the first time in his solo career, joining forces with the former co-founder of UNKLE and then DFA, Tim”
“Hot Chip’s singer sounds caught in an irresistible haze on his latest solo LP, making music that’s more deluxe than usual but far scruffier than his main band.”
“Alexis Taylor has never been just been one thing. He’s best known as the lead singer of British electronica band Hot Chip, but those who have dug around in the London musician’s wider discography will know Taylor is a bit of a musical polymath. His first solo album ‘Rubbed Out’ was a gorgeous collection of electric-tinged pop and his most recent, 2016’s ‘Piano’ put emphasis on his songwriting abil”