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Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Sep 15, 2014
    100
    A fizzy lifting drink of an album.
  2. Oct 3, 2014
    80
    It’s an album that’s impressing and promising of a creative and innovative career from this young artist.
  3. Sep 11, 2014
    75
    Many of the songs follow a basic four-chord structure, and the repetition may become tiring, but overall there is plenty here to keep listeners interested--some of it exceptional. [Sep/Oct 2014, p.72]
  4. Uncut
    Sep 25, 2014
    70
    Cool to the touch, but vanilla sweet as well. [Nov 2014, p.76]
  5. Sep 26, 2014
    60
    Unfocused in places, it only comes together as a whole in fleeting moments... but those moments are really rather lovely, so there's enough here to say that Lia Ices remains a talented artist and one to keep watch over.
  6. 55
    Her world beats obvious veneer while her crack at electronica too half-baked to portray as much more than Pro Tools tinkering, even with her ballyhooed use of Clams Casino behind the board.
  7. Sep 16, 2014
    50
    Ices is a sincere record that was supposed to be a mission statement for its artist, as per its title. But instead, it’s an exercise in pointless cultural appropriation that just makes it unclear whether there is anything to Lia Ices at all.
  8. Sep 12, 2014
    50
    Though the complete stylistic overhaul is admirable, the earliest results of Ices' experimentation with her new sound are pleasant at times but less than gripping overall.
  9. Mojo
    Sep 12, 2014
    40
    More spontaneity might have tempered this chill wind. [Oct 2014, p.87]
  10. Q Magazine
    Sep 11, 2014
    40
    A nagging sense of coming late to chillwave's super-saturated afterparty. [Oct 2014, p.110]

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