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Songs for the Ravens

Sea of Bees

Songs for the Ravens

Debut full-length effort of dark and strange pop from the California singer-songwriter

ADM rating[?]

6.2

Label
V2 Coop
UK Release date
07/02/2011
  1. 9.0 |   God Is In The TV

    If 2011 doesn’t belong to Sea of Bees, something will have gone very wrong indeed
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Q

    Possessed with a voice that squeaks incomprehensibly like a low-budget Kate Bush. Print edition only

  4. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Succeeds through Baezinger's singing and storytelling
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  5. 7.0 |   BBC

    The control of the arrangements and the withholding of her voice’s upper range that makes Sea of Bees an intriguing prospect
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  6. 7.0 |   The Fly

    A heart-warming, heartbreaking introduction
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  7. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    Her efforts to ensure that each song is sincerely crafted culminate in an honest and likeable first album
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  8. 6.0 |   AU Review

    Wears her heart on her sleeve; her lyrics are infused with romance and cover more bases than one
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  9. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Country-folk with indie leanings. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   DIY

    With overdubbed vocals and multiple aqueous, shifting instrumental layers, the more intricate textures of bands like Sigur Ros are brought to mind
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  11. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    A fine introduction to an artist who will definitely be sticking around for a while longer
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  12. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Her lyrics read like a teenage diary, solipsistic and sometimes startling in their innocence
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  13. 5.0 |   Bowlegs

    Her voice will initially turn heads, she has the Kate Bush wail and range, her intonation is quirky – and she knows when to slur and when to sing the words.
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  14. 5.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Everything here threatens to launch into the stratosphere, but fails to get as far as the tree tops
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  15. 5.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Agreeable enough and nicely produced but not nearly as involving as it ought to be
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  16. 4.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Surprisingly one dimensional
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  17. 4.0 |   The Independent

    A similar mix of emotional openness and affinity for the natural world as Laura Veirs, with something of Veirs's inquistive approach to musical textures, too
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