Micachu and the Shapes and the London Sinfonietta: Chopped and Screwed – review

(Rough Trade)Micachu and the Shapes are a young London trio who released a brilliantly odd album called Jewellery two years ago. It was a rough diamond: frenetic, patchwork and catchy as hell when it wanted to be. This live album, recorded with the London Sinfonietta last May using some of frontwoman Mica Levi's homemade instruments, is even more unpolished and odd. Distressed strings lend the album a woozy, paranoid feel – apt, given that it's a homage to the "chopping and screwing" hip-hop t...

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