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8.0
69690
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Echoes of Link Wray and Spiritualized, as well as blasts of Pakistani, dub, hip-hop, and Middle Eastern rhythms
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8.0
69940
8.0 |
PopMatters
At ten tracks, Ices never overstays its welcome. It’s an album that’s impressing and promising of a creative and innovative career from this young artist
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7.9
69407
7.9 |
Earbuddy
The radical reinvention of Lia Ices is a success; showcasing expansive, experimental folktronica at its very best
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7.5
69406
7.5 |
Under The Radar
As with Ices' previous work, the vocal melodies are at the center, but this time around she is careful to match the cadence of her singing with each song's rhythmic backbone
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7.0
69571
7.0 |
Uncut
Cool to the touch, but vanilla sweet as well. Print edition only
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7.0
69405
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Through the dreamy layers are glimpses of indie and electro, pleasingly knotted together with a seventies rock sensibility, with splashes of later Kate Bush
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6.0
69687
6.0 |
The 405
Unfocused in places, it only comes together as a whole in fleeting moments... but those moments are really rather lovely
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5.5
69404
5.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Her crack at electronica too half-baked to portray as much more than Pro Tools tinkering
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5.0
69402
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
It’s an exercise in pointless cultural appropriation that just makes it unclear whether there is anything to Lia Ices at all
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5.0
69403
5.0 |
All Music
The album is almost completely incomparable to previous work, the soft-spoken acoustic arrangements left behind for multicolored samples, electronic beats, and interjections of synthesizers and washed-out guitars
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4.0
69449
4.0 |
Mojo
Less immediate songs are swathed in synth wash and underpinned by pattering beats. Print edition only
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4.0
69450
4.0 |
Q
US singer tries on emperor’s new clothes. Print edition only
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