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Chopped & Screwed

Micachu & The Shapes

Chopped & Screwed

Second album of experimental leftfield pop from Mica Levi recorded live with The London Sinfonietta

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6.8

Label
Rough Trade
UK Release date
04/04/2011
US Release date
04/04/2011
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  1. 9.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    The musical coding of this album is off-kilter. Everything sounds dramatically eerie and huge
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  2. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    An absolute triumph – and not the easiest of listens
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  3. 8.5 |   The 405

    It makes for one fascinating listen
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  4. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It would be a shame if this was left languishing in middle-brow territory, as one of those 'interesting' albums that rarely get dusted - it’s far better than that, a small and totally unpolished gem
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Cocoons the listener in chloroformed candyfloss. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A discordant, but strangely beautiful, experiment from the outer fringes of pop. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   The Observer

    This strange concoction slowly, disconcertingly, hooks you in
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  8. 7.0 |   DIY

    Experimentalists with a genuine appreciation of what goes into making interesting, challenging music
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  9. 7.0 |   Clash

    An expansive work that fills no niche
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  10. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    Appeals directly to the senses
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  11. 7.0 |   NME

    Something fresh that you can feel
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  12. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    An at times unsettling, but exciting, experience
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  13. 6.3 |   Pitchfork

    An effort that hearteningly shows an inspired artist staking out bold terrain, but one that only fitfully delivers
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  14. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Chopped & Screwed is a thoughtful experiment at best and a quasi-misfire at worst, but either way it demands to be analyzed - which alone makes it worthy
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  15. 5.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    Jewellery, for all its fuzz and unconventional techniques, was an album full of pop songs. Chopped & Screwed is a much darker and denser project
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  16. 5.0 |   Bowlegs

    Too often punctuated with passages of experimental meander. It probably was more effective as a live performance, as a record it falls short of expectancy
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  17. 4.0 |   State

    Full marks to Micachu and her cohorts for innovation and a sense of experimentation so often missing from music these days, but surely a coherent tune or two wouldn’t have been too much to ask for
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  18. 4.0 |   Q

    The novelty soon fades. Print edition only

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