I first heard “Lips,” by the British act Micachu and the Shapes, on the fine blog MBV last month, and in the weeks since its 80-second length has kicked around my head over and over. It’s a jagged little slice of Brit-punk, with Micachu chanting over some instruments that sound like they’re barely plugged in so the strumming and banging on them achieves the maximum percussive effect, and the way it ends so abruptly only makes me want to listen to the whole thing one more time. [YouTube / MySpace]
Micachu And The Shapes Pucker Up
February 19th, 2009 // 7 Comments
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I like it, reminds me of the opening of an Ex tune before they go manic.
Wow…ah, I quite liked that.
It looks like the guitar player has a card/piece of paper in the strings, over the first couple frets. That might explain the cool, percussive sound.
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Nice find! Great mix of pop hooks and unconventional instrumentation.