Grimes – review

Brudenell Social Club, Leeds"I've got no vocals," begins Grimes, aka 24-year-old Montreal-based artist Claire Boucher. It turns out she isn't plugged in, but the gig's beginning is only the start of the oddness. "Shall I do the thing now?" she asks. And the audience cry: "Do the thing!" This turns out to be bringing out a birthday cake with candles for her friend Andy, whom the crowd serenades with "Happy Birthday to you …" It's an appropriately surreal introduction to an evening with a perfor...

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