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Good Sad Happy Bad [Vinyl]
Artist: Micachu & The Shapes
Format: Vinyl
New: In Stock $22.99
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DISC: 1

1. Sad
2. Relaxing
3. Dreaming
4. Sea Air
5. Thinking It
6. Crushed
7. Oh Baby
8. Waiting
9. Unity
10. Peach
11. L.A. Poison
12. Hazes
13. Suffering

More Info:

Micachu & The Shapes’ return, three years after the release of their last record, is almost an accident: the trio of friends decided to rehearse in an East London studio, and found themselves immersed into an hours-long jam. Drummer Marc Bell had an Eiderol field recorder in hand, and unbeknownst to his bandmates, recorded the whole session; Bell, Mica Levi, and Raisa Khan were so enamored of those off-the-cuff audio experiments that they became the underpinnings of a new record. With one listen, it’s easy to see why. Good Sad Happy Bad maintains the avant-pop sensibility the band has brought to previous efforts, combining the lightness and bounce of their best singles with the sonic textures of field recordings, industrial effects alongside straightforward instrumentation.

Reviews:

Levi’s affected vocals eschew easily readable emotional tone, instead relying on quixotic lyricism, repetition, and immersion into the song’s landscape, to evoke warmly - rather than show - the sentiments underpinning the songs. With Levi’s profile enhanced by her reputation as one of modern composition’s great young lights, and the swarm of press now surrounding whatever she does, we can expect a new horde of fans to embrace the complexity behind the simplicity of their latest, and best, album.

        
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