MikaLife in Cartoon Motion
The United Kingdom churns out colorful sunshine-pop characters faster than you can say "LilyAllenAmyWinehouse." But with all the females doing their brattiest, where do the guys stand? Mika, sunshine-pop auteur and creator of all things sickly-sweet, is here to represent the fellas with lollipops and good vibes...?
The very antithesis of Mike Skinner's (The Streets) sour narratives, Mika's Life in Cartoon Motion a two-ton Turkish Delight wrapped up in Mika's piercing falsetto. If the Scissor Sisters traded in their leather pants and boas for bell-bottoms and rainbow suspenders they would sound like this.
Supporting his Scissor fetish is Life in Cartoon Motion's finest track, "Big Girls (You Are Beautiful)." It's the best song Jake Shears never wrote. When Mika tones down his "character" he truly shines, hop-scotching around the glam-rock tune with dexterity. The same goes for the low-limbo groove of "Relax, Take It Easy" and the quasi-serious "My Interpretation."
