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They're a band.

It's not likely to convince you anyway is it.

what is there to explain?

it just sounded like an awful racket. I don't get all this praise at all.

but I have to say I love the Micachu album. I'm rubbish at explaining why though. I *think* it's got something to do with the complicated textures - the way the layers of guitars and electronics blend together and add up to simple catchy pop tunes. Plus I really like her voice. I dunno, I just find that album really addictive. I took me about 4 listens to *get* but when I did I was like *fuck* this is awesome. It's died a little for me now, but still, when of faves of the year so far.

About to listen again though.

and the sounds fit together really well, and there are pop hooks and it goes from one thing to the next thing really quickly, kind of like the unicorns in that respect. i like them/her/it.

I applaud a band that will use just about anything for an instrument, but what I really like about them is the unabashed catchyness. Also enjoy the production values, and they're odd which is a good thing. Some people will probably think they're guff but that's because they'll be the types that are into 'proper songs'. WELL FUCK THEM.
I find the album Jewellery genuinely exciting as it actually tickles my brain and reminds me that there are still unexplored musical avenues, but what they combine the best is experimentality and pop values. It's just not for the NME crowd... To make stark and arrogant generalisation!

really poppy and hooky. Maybe you should listen to it more than just the previews. Pitchfork gave it a 7.9 but I think it is an 9.1.

confirmed for Field Day this year.. adventures and the beetroot field stage.. glad some of the people on here like them!

That rare thing: an independent, imaginative, pioneering British act.

They are awkward, deliberately so, and the only thing that could go wrong is the hype machine moving into - and then out of - gear.

Weird shit. Weird shit. Good, but totally weird shit.

And kucos for using a vacuum cleaner on record :D

Really, like most music that you enjoy, it's almost unexplainable. It's clearly not going to be for everyone, and it took me about a month to really think the record was anything other than childish and amateurish. Somehow it's endearing in its DIY attitude, and you discover that there are some incredible little pop songs in there, bursting with new life. Leaping from one idea to the next without a care in the world, Mica Levi's music invigorates as you listen. I think more artists should have a "devil-may-care" slant to their music. Rough and ready, experimental, everything I've ever wanted to hear in pop music. Simple.

Not this as well..

Apparently there are hooks. Where? Unecessarily Messy, stop/start pop music, accompanied by the most horrible vocals you can imagine. There's nothing I can appreciate about this at all.

the blend of bleepy electronic beats and natural, organic percussion. They have an interesting sound, a strange mish-mash of urban, London Animal Collective meets Solex type weirdness. I like it.

No, wait, i mean, WHAT A RACKET WHY?? WHY??? HELP WHYY??

just clicked straight away with me. it's just catchy, original pop music. i'm getting the feeling that they're a bit marmite though; i wouldn't bother trying to get into them if you weren't initially grabbed.

I like the sound of the music behind it but the voice grates a bit on me. I might get over it if I grab the album, I've only heard a few tracks here and there. But she kinda reminds me to much of the voice noel feilding puts on while singin songs as the hitcher in the mighty boosh (I fuckin love the boosh btw). I'm nto sure I can handel that for more than a few listens unfortunatly.

have finally persuaded me to check out this album, i've had people banging on about it for ages, but only now am i persuaded that they're attention towards the album is more than just indie-affection, there must be something about it for it to divide people like this; so it's definitely worth checking out i think.

great album.

Loved it. Infinitely more interesting than 90% of what else I've heard this year. I suspect the album couldn't maintain the standard for its duration but I might get it to find out.

Adventures in the Beetroot Field mini festival at Fabric last Thursday...probably my favourite all night, sounded genuinely unsettling and unusual and post punky fun without trying too hard (hello Apes and Androids)

Listened to them on Spotify, and the music is alright actually. It's not great but I hardly find anything great these days anyway.:-) But then I saw some live footage on Youtube and was a bit disappointed. Because it seemed so dull and lifeless and they had no charisma on stage. But then, they're not the only ones getting the hype and then life turn out to be completely unexcited. Plus they have "the hair". I can't take any band serious with "the hair", if you knkow what I mean. The music is quite good though, mind you.

If you want to hear more, check out a live performance of Micachu & The Shapes – Curly Teeth on the Wandering Feet podcast.

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Did so last night at the ICA. One of the most refreshing and exciting things going on in British music at the moment.

great songs
great show

They aren't actively dull, and shite. Just really quite average. I managed to listen to the album the whole way through, but it got to be a chore towards the end.