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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black">Hot Chip Frontman Announces Live Dates</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">New album,
<i>Await Barbarians</i>, released on June 17th </span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">credit Brian Deran</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black">Alexis Taylor</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black"> has announced solo lives dates in July. The Hot Chip frontman will perform in <b>Los Angeles</b> at <b>The
Mint</b> on <b>July 13<sup>th</sup></b> and in <b>New York City</b> at <b>Joe’s Pub</b> on <b>July 14<sup>th</sup></b> in support of his beautiful and engaging new album <b><i>Await Barbarians</i></b>. </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black">Await
Barbarians</span></i><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black">will be released on <b>June 17<sup>th</sup>
</b>via<b> Domino Records. </b>In addition to the live dates, Taylor announced DJ sets with fellow Hot Chip bandmate Al Doyle at <b>Verboten</b> in <b>NYC</b> on <b>July 10<sup>th</sup></b>, in <b>San Francisco</b> at <b>Mezzanine</b> on the <b>11<sup>th</sup></b> and
in <b>Los Angeles</b> at <b>Avalon </b>on <b>July 12<sup>th</sup></b>. All dates listed below. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black">Last week, Alexis Taylor<b> </b>released the music video for the single <b>“Without a Crutch (2)”</b>. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://smarturl.it/WithoutACrutch">PRESS
HERE</a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black"> to watch the video, which was directed by Ben Stockley at Herald St Gallery.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black">Await Barbarians</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black"> is a record whose warm tones draw you in, whose sequencing asks of the listener an uninterrupted
session of close listening, and whose sound world reminds us of the pleasures of all that is quiet in music. It<i> </i>is rich in deep insight and profound feeling, a truly significant album by one of the country’s most continually arresting musicians.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black">Await Barbarians</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black">will
be available on <b>June 17<sup>th</sup> </b>on CD, standard LP and Digital. Copies of the LP purchased through Dom Mart or indie retailers will include a bonus 7” featuring the tracks “<b>I Hope</b>” (a Bobby Charles cover), b/w “<b>Song Of Long</b>”. Buy
the album through </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.dominorecordco.us/usa/albums/01-04-14/await-barbarians">Dom Mart</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black"> and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://smarturl.it/AwaitBarbarians">iTunes</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black">.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Tour Dates</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/10 New York, NY </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.verbotennewyork.com/event/591305-hot-chip-dj-set-brooklyn/">Verboten</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
(DJ Set)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/11 San Francisco, CA </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/event/587041-hot-chip-dj-set-san-francisco/">Mezzanine</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
(DJ Set)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/12 Los Angeles, CA Avalon (DJ Set)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/13 Los Angeles, CA
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://themintla.com/event.cfm?id=157677">The Mint</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/14 New York, NY </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://joespub.publictheater.org/en/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/Joes-Pub/Alexis-Taylor-of-Hot-Chip/">Joe's
Pub</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">For more information, contact: Chloe Walsh or Carina Contreras at Press Here Publicity – 323-556-9752 or 212-246-2640 /
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