She may have a song called “Calculator,” but Micachu’s vision of pop is nothing like Kraftwerk’s. Instead of spotless circuitry, the UK musician revels in goo and grit: “Curly Teeth” pairs strummed acoustic guitars with balloon-squeak electronics, while the noise-pop “Vulture” is a maze of stop-start changes and psychedelic fuzz. It’s easy to hear her mentor Matthew Herbert’s influence on highlights like “Golden Phone,” which channels bursts of static and dissonant bleeps into an irresistibly danceable backdrop for sweetly harmonized vocals.
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