Mitchell Museum - Warning Bells

According to Michel Foucault, medieval folk would deal with their mentally ill by chucking them on a 'ship of fools' and letting them set sail together into the sunset. If such a ship was ever looking for a cabaret band, then it could do worse than Mitchell Museum, who cheerfully sing about nearly drowning in a hospital of razors, whilst sounding like Mercury Rev jamming with Panda Bear (while presumably laughing hysterically and twitching lots). But the line between genius and madness is very flimsy indeed: with this lot channeling the spirit of Animal Collective into slabs of power-pop, there's probably real method to the madness. [Ewen Millar]