Good Sad Happy Bad

Pitchfork 6.9/10 Good Sad Happy Bad toys with a warped minimalism that feels new for Micachu and the Shapes. The record feels intimate and casual, with soft, acoustic guitar and childlike keyboard arrangements. It is their least polished release, but even with the band’s music messily chopped, looped, and jangled, the emotional messages always ring clear.

The Line of Best Fit 8/10 Musically, Good Sad Happy Bad is both challenging and engrossing. But it's the simple yet subtle investigations into questions and actions that are intrinsic to our daily existence which makes this record so exceptional. It's pop music, but it says big things.

NME 4/5 It sounds wonderfully scruffy and scuffed, as if it’s all been haphazardly patched together with gaffer tape. It’s as eclectic as it is eccentric.

DIY 3/5 For all its unwieldy eccentricity, ‘Good Sad Happy Bad’ is still fascinating, and early live airings prove that with space to unleash on stage, Micachu and the Shapes’ most daring experimentations have the potential to grow into a looming, all absorbing shadows of sonics.

All Music 3.5/5 Even if this isn't their easiest or most satisfying listening, they're still a remarkably unique band.

The Observer 2/5 The pop hooks that lurked beneath the experimentalism of the London band’s previous two albums are lost in the jam

Loud and Quiet 5/10 While there’s a lot to sink your teeth into on here, too much of it seems underwritten or unfinished to really get – ahem – under the skin.

Uncut 8/10 Levi's penchant for cracked-up nursery-rhyme melodies and wry humour elevate what might've been an exercise in wilful primitivism.