Micachu - Jewellery

Artist: Micachu
Album: Jewellery
Label: Rough Trade
Release Date: 4/7/09

You are what you eat, they say; I say, you are what you listen to, too. And Micachu is that organic, farmer’s market, community garden shit that I should be eating. It tastes fresh and a little dirty, like it’s just been pulled from the ground. With a cavalcade of instruments, some of them invented or repurposed by the artist (like the now legendary “chu,” a homemade guitar), and vocals that range from squeals and sighs to growls and shouts, this is an album of incredible texture and experience. Now if the previous sentence turns you off—perhaps you’ve been burned too often by the more experimental musicians of this world—take heart; Micachu makes pop music. The goal is not to make listeners endure, but to enjoy. So, enjoy:
Eat Your Heart – Micachu
This is on the darker side of Micachu, but it’s good dark. I like how the song has the feel of a sample-based song, one that pulls from many sources and remixes them into something new, but is entirely original material. Micachu, the performance name for Mica Levi, remixes herself and turns her own voice into the hyper, glitchy collage of contemporary pop music.
Golden Heart – Micachu

Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhh

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