Micachu and the Shapes
Our friends over at Rumproast recently turned us onto the invigoratingly lo-fi Micachu and the Shapes and we've been loving them. Their new record, Jewellery was released last month on Rough Trade, but it's strangely been a bit under the radar. From Rough Trade:
So, a quick introduction, Bjork is said to be a fan of Micachu and can probably indentify with another artist brave enough to take pop music into entirely uncharted territory. Micachu is largely inspired by Harry Partch who famously used an array of customised and home made instruments. These included a xylophone made of light bulbs, a ‘Cloud Chamber’ made out of pyrex dishes that could not only be played musically but detect particles of ionizing radiation and a series of highly complicated 44 stringed instruments.You can grab a few tracks over at Hype Machine and a BBC session at Keep Hope Inside.Similarly Micachu uses a modified guitar played with a hammer action called a ‘chu’ and a bowed instrument fashioned from a CD rack. She also uses improvised instruments, such as glass bottles or a vacuum cleaner.
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They have a great sound and a good live show.
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