Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor announces solo album Await Barbarians, streams new track “Elvis Has Left The Building”
02 April 2014, 17:36
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
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Hot Chip vocalist Alexis Taylor goes it alone once again, confirming details of his second solo LP.
Entitled Await Barbarians, the album will drop on 9 June via Domino. It’ll be marked by a series of UK live dates, listed below.
Listen to the record’s lead cut “Elvis Has Left The Building” ahead of release:
May
23 Hay on Wye The Globe
25 London Ace Hotel
31 Glasgow The Wee Chill
June
12 London The Vortex
18 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
19 Manchester Band on the Wall
20 London Roundhouse Studio
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