The Thousands

Mica, aka Micachu, is one of those really annoying, young, prodigiously talented people. At 21 she looks 12 and has already rapped with Wiley, finished her first album, studied at the prestigious Guildhall School in composition -  oh and she was commissioned to write an orchestral piece for the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Plus she plays the Hoover live.

Perhaps all that prep work is how Mica learned the skills to make all her songs half NOISE! BLEEP! NOISE and half super-fun-catchy pop-yay! Either that or she has the same rare chromosome that made Bjork such a huge mainstream success. There is none of Bjork’s slick production here however Mica’s debut album Jewellery is much more crunchy and lo-fi – courtesy of producer (and occasional Bjork remixer) Matthew Herbert.**Jewellery songs are hard to describe, it’s a frenetic mish-mash between a 2-year-old playing with household items, a grime mixtape and a synthesiser with tourettes – but in a good way. It  sounds like nothing else I’ve heard this year (or last) which is all part of its charming where’d-I-put-the-Ritalin appeal.