Micachu and the Shapes new album 'Good Sad Happy Bad' is out now.

Micachu and the Shapes: Unconventional, Swaggering Pop

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Bailey Constas
Soundcheck | Oct 14, 2015

Micachu is the stage name of English musician Mica Levi--the mastermind behind experimental pop group Micachu and the Shapes. Levi allows the avant-garde to be accessible by using hand-made instruments (occasionally vacuums) and hip-hop rhythms to create textural indie playgrounds. The trio's newest record Good Bad Happy Sad comes after Levi had taken time out to write the fittingly disturbing (and ultimately award-winning) score for the 2013 sci-fi film Under the Skin. Good Bad Happy Sad is a brave and swaggering collection of grimy, industrial, yet positively catchy tunes, and the band will play a few of them for us in the studio. 

Setlist

  • "Unity"
  • "Thinking It"
  • "Looking Up At The Sun"
  • "Oh Baby"

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