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Avg: 4.0 (148 ratings)
- Date Released: April 7, 2009
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: Rough Trade / Beggars Group
Micachu and friends deliver delightfully odd, ramshackle pop thrills
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We Say...
Where some bands can seem a little too eager-to-please on their debuts, London's Micachu and the Shapes opt for a less accommodating, but far more intriguing, approach. They front-load their first outing, Jewellery, with their rawest, most fragmented tracks, tossing the listener into the deep end of their odd aesthetic.
The trio, led by 21-year-old songwriter and part-time grime producer Mica Levi, revels in texture and rhythm, dressing up their hooky tunes in eerie buzzes and mechanical hums, retaining all rough edges and instilling peculiar timbres derived from their homemade customized instruments. The result is a queasy sort of pop music, but once your ears have acclimated to their stylistic extremes, the songs become addicting, more pleasurable than disorienting.
Though their more abrasive cuts have a ramshackle charm, the band shine most brightly when they keep the aural clutter to a minimum, placing emphasis on Levi's cool, calm, heavily accented singing voice. "Golden Phone" and "Calculator" are particularly effective, allowing her neutral, androgynous vocals to glide above tight, simple rhythms — a relaxed dance groove on the former, jaunty, jovial guitar chords in the latter. Even at their most uncompromising and extreme, it is clear that Micachu and the Shapes are not interested in withholding pleasure so much as delivering familiar pop thrills on their own terms.
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| 01. |  |
Vulture
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2:50 |
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| 02. | |
Lips
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1:20 |
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| 03. | |
Sweetheart |
0:53 |
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| 04. | |
Eat Your Heart |
2:21 |
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| 05. | |
Curly Teeth |
2:27 |
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| 06. | |
Golden Phone |
2:44 |
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| 07. | |
Ship |
1:55 |
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| 08. | |
Floor |
1:23 |
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| 09. | |
Just In Case |
2:46 |
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| 10. | |
Calculator
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3:09 |
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| 11. | |
Wrong
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3:34 |
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| 12. | |
Turn Me Well |
2:57 |
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| 13. | |
Guts
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2:55 |
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13 Total Tracks, 31:14 Total Length
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