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Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. May 6, 2011
    70
    A quick dip into glitch seems like a novice move, but all that slide guitar and glockenspiel give Sea of Bees a seasoned sorrow.
  2. May 6, 2011
    70
    In Sea of Beas there is definitely a voice, and perhaps a songwriter, who still has something stunning to offer.
  3. 80
    Singer 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.
  4. May 6, 2011
    67
    Nom 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.
  5. Mojo
    May 6, 2011
    80
    Baenziger 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]
  6. Q Magazine
    May 6, 2011
    80
    She does more than enough to establish herself as a contender. [Mar 2011, p.112]
  7. May 6, 2011
    70
    In the end the record greatly exceeds its perceived strengths, building and out-doing itself over its 40 minutes.

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