Micachu & The Shapes

Jewellery was my favorite album of 2009.

Missed these dudes here an hour ago due to their stage running late and Roots Manuva overlapping their entire set - but saw the gear being bumped out and there was no miced-up Dyson. get yr cv in quickly imo lj.

I never expected to read these things on ILM

ok that was decent enough but not in the same ballpark as micachu - also more likely to reach a wider audience on account of being less abrasive?

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there is some really dissonant shit on the tune-yards album, the clip posted is not very representative of what she's all about and kind of blows tbh. the album is all samples she recorded and mixed with a minidisc recorder, not schnazzy studio musicians in black shirts. check it out, it might be your third favourite female fronted record of the old year.

seeing as the ebony bones record was little more than decent, quite possibly XD

i can't stand the tune-yards record, some may take that as a recommendation

ha, the reason i checked out the micachu record was because certain people were hating on it so much on that other thread.

:D

fuck ME!!! tune-yards is shaping up MIGHTILY

dammit the first two tracks are EPIC, the next two less so. please recapture spirit of first two tracks

i don't know if anything bangs (as in BANG!) as hard as the first two until "fiya" but there are some other great tunes.

yeah it's not bad at all! 'fiya' starts in like 10 seconds so

i oughta listen to the st vincent album

with haste. and bearing in mind that the first 7 tracks are without exception booming

ok re: 'fiya' was gonna say 'a bit too graceland for me' but the last two minutes are rectifying issues (even though things have gotten even more graceland...hmm)

still not quite...there imo, although this will get further chances

"Hatari" is my favourite.

If this is scaring ppl off because it's too dissonant and challenging then I just don't know what... :\ Does the rest of the album get a little more adventurous than the vid above or?

it does. that's about as simple as the album gets

Blergh sorry, not meaning to open up some who-has-edgier-taste contest er nothin.

xpost, ah ok. I'll need to get my hands on it some time.

here's the best track (imo)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFu0HfQFSUs

and here's the other best track (also imo)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY9dvzE5HAs&feature=related

this is the opening track, 3rd best imo, also maybe the most confrontational/experimental

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnWCM2KZFDY&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvuNIQO1Zrg&feature=related

i just heard this album and it is pretty good, singer girl has a hot androgynous thing

how do you "mix" with a minidisc??

oj hi

New Micachu?

there's a live album last year

ILX you're fucking useless

anyway, this week's avid splurge (which was mooted for Ulver's 60's psych covers album - that can wait though) concerns Micachu's second album, which is better than the first one, and boasts an array of wonderful little songs (well, Easy, Waste Sick, OK, Holiday (especially Holiday) and Nothing are all prime LJnip) as well as a thematic and musical coherence that hasn't been so much in evidence

here it is: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/jul/17/micachu-shapes-never-album-stream

so if you don't have some tasteful indie-house to listen to...

At work but am totally on this when I get home. Thanks!

important development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To39sfLShv4

whoa, thanks. belated!

would have expected ILX to be aaaaaallllllllllllllll over that but strangely not

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lots of people here just don't do micachu y'know?

gonna give it a whizz shortly

i think the abrasiveness of her first record scared people off basically

shame cos the amount of raw invention on that thing was amazing

also, quite a low profile since then really?

her second record was even better than jewellery and you only have to look upthread to see how much ILX cared

anyway that song I just posted is square in the Venn intersection of me & the shit you generally find at the top end of the ILM trax poll. mandatory listening

I was so loud in my love for Jewellery that I kind of shut up after it seemed like I was alone in it
And I liked her second record less than the first (though def liked it a lot)

i still jam 'golden phone' but haven't listened much otherwise, will try some more now perhaps

It was for a while my favourite record ever and it's still way way up there, I listen to it a lot. She's also a great DJ

these two songs are yoga jams 4alltime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_vh6Gjdhyo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6pSU7ug0JE

love the aesthetic of her videos. every single track on the album has one. possibly the best way to experience the album

whole-album video stream:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5FCF8E26A1A4B2A4&feature=edit_ok

it's all wondrous but if anything the second half is stronger, bear in mind

nah listening again the whole thing is complete brilliance.

anyway, the song upthread. get to it.

As of right now, Never is the one album from last year I most regret sleeping on

The Tirzah EP is my favorite 10 or so minutes of music this year. a little more direct and pop-focused than some of the Micachu stuff with vocals that are more approachable. still plenty weird. here are some links so you can check it out.

Rdio: http://rd.io/x/QBOgPnLtmA/
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/0qm9bFqwd6IxeD36tC4sxw

ilx has form when it comes to trashing any sort of genuine art-pop

micachu obv >>> pc music in terms of compositional ability, but the battle lines are consistent and clear

this place is utterly stupefying sometimes

front cover of wire magazine this month

so so so so so so happy Micah is getting recognition she deserves

but hope she keeps making pop music and doesn't go full Zimmer

Early uniformed opinion: It's good if you're a fan of Mica's penchant for experimental classical music. First track has subtle similar warped cello effects to what can be heard on "Under The Skin". The album is quite short with 13 tracks, so the compositions lack the build up or sustained mood of something like "Love Theme" or even the work she did with London Sinfionetta. However, it contains engaging soundscapes, splayed beats and a playful approach to the avant garde.

And plenty of beautiful cello sounds!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F00oI7iTXY

classic

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WPpBWPVsphc

First thirty seconds of the new album (the band is now called Good Sad Happy Bad) are quite something...

did you listen to any more? the first tracked felt like a table setter.

there are some corkers on the record's second half, tho

*first track

Yeah I heard the whole thing! It's really good. Much closer to Never than GSHB on quality. Will enjoy relistening

Title-track especially stunning

title track was a definite highlight, "bubble" and especially "universal" were my other faves.

This has a shout at being their best album. Earphones have really brought it to something special

Whole second half is incredible

i really like the opener, im a sucker for that mac demarco lazy strummed detuned wet guitar sound

i haven't listened to any micachu music since the debut so idk if her singing style changed, but i like the singer on this better (even if she's a bit unremarkable)

it's cool that an artist with a reputation for being an avant-garde genius made a low-stakes post punk album w her friends; makes me miss playing in dumb short-lived bands w my pals :')

"shades" is trippy for sure

God it's so good. Reminds me of The The in places ('Bubble' especially).

Totally obsessed with this record, "Bubble" and "Star" are the standouts for me