Never - Micachu & the Shapes
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  • Summary: The second studio release from the British trio led by Mica Levi was produced by the band.

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  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 24
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  1. Spin
    Aug 10, 2012
    80
    The trio's new album, Never, is a fleet, fizzy experience with a mixtape-like flow (Levi has created or co-created five of those, as well) and makes earlier Shapes music seem undercooked by comparison.
  2. Q Magazine
    Aug 20, 2012
    80
    Inevitably some of the surprised factor has worn off for their second album but it's still an exhilarating collision of ideas. [Sep 2012, p.105]
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  3. Fact Magazine (UK)
    Jul 26, 2012
    80
    Unselfconscious and joyfully untrammelled, most importantly Never is charmingly weird--that quality so coveted by indie chancers everywhere.
  4. PopMatters
    Jul 26, 2012
    60
    The way Never is rendered is too claustrophobic and vertiginous, rarely giving you a chance to find your bearings within the tightly packed soundscapes.

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