Jewellery
London group's debut, produced by Matthew Herbert, is a chaotic mess that also happens to be one of the freshest things to come along so far in 2009.
It's not often that an album as equally bonkers and catchy as Jewellery comes along, but then, an artist as genre-defying as Micachu and her band the Shapes isn't a particularly frequent occurrence, either.
She is only 21, studies at Guildhall, has been signed to Matthew Herbert’s Accidental Records and is now about to release her debut album Jewellery.
<p>Micachu's sparkling pop will leave Little Boots shaking in her shoes, says <strong>Betty Clarke</strong></p>
Micachu and the Shapes - Jewellery review: Scraps and heaps of junk constructed meticulously to create improbable pop. Lewis tries one more time to explain why.
MICACHU Jewellery Rough Trade **** It was always a fanciful notion that 2009 was going to be the year of the electro-pop lass…