Joe Goddard (born 12 September 1979) is a British musician, songwriter, andDJ. He is best known as a member of the Englishsynth-pop bandHot Chip, which he co-founded withAlexis Taylor.[1] In 2007, he co-founded record label Greco-Roman, which has released albums by artists such asTotally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs andDisclosure.[2][3] Goddard is also a member of electronica groupthe 2 Bears,[4][5] and produced three solo albums,Harvest Festival (2009),Electric Lines (2017) andHarmonics (2024).
Goddard is one of the founding members of Hot Chip. Started with school friend Alexis Taylor, they released their first albumComing on Strong in 2004. After the album's release, Hot Chip gained three new members: Owen Clarke, Felix Martin, andAl Doyle, all of whom had played on the album. Their second album,The Warning, gained the band more mainstream attention.[6]
In 2021, Goddard teamed up with sometime Horse Meat Disco vocalist Amy Douglas[7] to form Hard Feelings (stylised as HARD FEELINGS), a duo who aim to mix dance music with synthpop and thenew wave sounds[8] of the early 1980s, on tracks like "Holding on Too Long"[9] and "Dangerous". The duo's debut album is also calledHARD FEELINGS and was released byDomino on 5 November 2021.[10]
