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Micachu

Jewellery

Debut album of experimental leftfield pop from 21-year old Londoner Mica Levi, a one-time female MC

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7.6

Label
Rough Trade
UK Release date
09/03/2009
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  1. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    A thrilling pick ‘n’ mix of puckish pop nonsense that will absolutely charm your kecks off... A rare talent seemingly heaven-sent to snatch bedroom pop from the ‘pit-sniffing dullards.
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

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  3. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Thrillingly improbable pop made by a grade-A maverick. Three cheers to that.
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Half sung, half spoken, but isn't comparable to other artists going for that approach. She spurns the poetic asides of Mike Skinner, tends to avoid the wide eyed couplets of Lily Allen.
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Synths slurp next to stripped-down and fuzzed-up guitars; bleeps, beats and distortion litter pretty melodies. Micachu's sparkling pop will leave Little Boots shaking in her shoes
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  6. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Combining sounds that should never even be on kissing terms with one another, every note of this 35-minute album is imaginative, mind-boggling and mischievous.
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  7. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Raggedy strumming, clanking percussion and a symphony of squeaks and buzzes courtesy of producer/electronica whiz Matthew Herbert.
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  8. 7.9 |   Pitchfork

    It's not a record built for staying power, despite the thrilling moments in almost every song.
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  9. 7.0 |   Clash

    This is no complete reinvention of the pop wheel... But ‘Jewellery’ offers a vision of what can be achieved when stereotype shackles are tossed aside.
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  10. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

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