Songs for the Ravens
- Sea of Bees
- Band Name: Sea of Bees
- Record Label: Crossbill
- Release Date: May 18, 2010
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May 6, 201180Baenziger takes nothing for granted when it comes to arrangements. where the song demands it, electronic textures are favoured--instincts which bear rich fruit on Willis and Skinnybone. [Apr 2011, p.95]
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May 6, 201180She does more than enough to establish herself as a contender. [Mar 2011, p.112]
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May 6, 201180Singer Julie Baenziger, aka Julie Ann Bee, whose debut album reveals 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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May 6, 201170A quick dip into glitch seems like a novice move, but all that slide guitar and glockenspiel give Sea of Bees a seasoned sorrow.
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May 6, 201170In Sea of Beas there is definitely a voice, and perhaps a songwriter, who still has something stunning to offer.
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May 6, 201170In the end the record greatly exceeds its perceived strengths, building and out-doing itself over its 40 minutes.
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May 6, 201167Nom de musique of Julie Ann Baenziger, her Sea of Bees diffuses California pop by turns dreamy and atmospheric – folky – and perhaps even a bit precious.
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May 6, 201160It's a lovely sound, and a heartfelt one, but not always as affecting as it might be.
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May 6, 201160Overall, the compelling outweighs the tedious.
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May 6, 201160The lo-fi production often makes Baenziger's laments hard to decipher, but her delicate voice drips with a heartache and loneliness that makes the tunes hard to resist.
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May 6, 201140With greater vision Sea of Bees may one day become a more substantial proposition, but for now Julie Ann Baenziger's solo project barely papers over the cracks.
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May 6, 201140In the sense of everything common and respectively boring, the majority of Songs for the Ravens doesn't pull off anything new and exciting.