Grimes: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 9 May 2012
"I'VE GOT NO VOCALS," begins Grimes, aka 24-year-old Montreal-based artist Claire Boucher. It turns out she isn't plugged in, but the gig's beginning is only the start of the oddness. "Shall I do the thing now?" she asks. And the audience cry: "Do the thing!" This turns out to be bringing out a birthday cake with candles for her friend Andy, whom the crowd serenades with "Happy Birthday to you …" It's an appropriately surreal introduction to an evening with a performer making uncategorisable music.
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