Though their arrival at Somerset House puts them in the league of big-hitters, Hot Chip still face problems as old as their Roland keyboards. They have a high enough profile that the Local Government Association blames them for the apparent return of illegal raves, but most people would be hard-pressed to say what they look like.

They resemble an IT department, but the band's charisma bypass is belied by the hypnotic catchiness of their electro-funk songs. As last year's anthem Over and Over revealed, from such sensible figures spring fertile imaginations.

Their success, however, has left them a little too confident. Despite Owen Clarke's promise of "a mixture of old songs, some new songs and some other songs", the set is low on crowd-pleasers. Those they do play, including And I Was a Boy At School and The Beach Party, layer sepia-tinged sensitivity with neon hedonism, Alexis Taylor's sweet voice soft against a hard wall of beats, synths and bongos whacked by drum sticks.

The new material does not deviate from this formula, but is markedly more dour: Bendable Poseable is more comedown than carnival; Privacy an exercise in restraint. But there is at least one good reason for their self-assuredness. "We were going to give this to Kylie Minogue but we kept it for ourselves," Clarke says of Ready for the Floor. "It was too good for her." It is pop perfection and guarantees that while they will always be glamour-free geeks, Hot Chip won't stay anonymous for long.