| Sea Of Bees / Build A Boat To The Sun |
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| Album: | Build A Boat To The Sun | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Sea Of Bees | Added: | Nov 2015 | |
| Label: | 3 Loop Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-11-15 | Pull Date: | 2016-01-17 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 17 | Jan 10 | Jan 3 | Dec 27 | Dec 20 | Dec 13 | Dec 6 | Nov 29 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 27, 2021: | KZSU Time Traveler Little Sea | 4. | Jul 26, 2019: | KZSU Time Traveler Little Sea | |
| 2. | Jul 04, 2021: | KZSU Time Traveler (rebroadcast from Mar 1, 2019) Little Sea | 5. | Mar 01, 2019: | KZSU Time Traveler Little Sea | |
| 3. | Sep 11, 2020: | KZSU Time Traveler Little Sea | 6. | Dec 28, 2018: | KZSU Time Traveler Little Sea |
| Album Review |
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| Francis D Reviewed 2015-11-09 | ||
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“Build a Boat to the Sun” Sea of Bees Sacramento area singer-songwriter, Julie Ann Baenziger, who bills herself as Julie Ann Bee, is back with her third album for Sea of Bees. The music touches a number of genres — folk-rock, Americana, pop, and rock — without any glitzy packaging or auto-tuning. The band primarily relies on piano, guitars, bass, and drums — with a dash of synthesizer thrown in — and it seems like Julie Bee plays them all. Other band members include Amber Padgett, John Bee and Geoffrey CK. — Francis Recommended: 6, 1, 3, 4, 5, 10. No FCCs. 1. (5:03) Test Yourself – Lively, up-tempo pop-rock. Backbeat rhythm. Electric guitar. High lead vocals get a little “squeezed” at times and la la la’s are a bit sweet, like bees to honey. But it’s catchy. Lead single. *** 2. (4:52) Karma Kard – Fuzzed rock. Plodding beat. High, reverbed vocals. 3. (3:52) Old Bridge – Americana or folk-rock. Wistful vocals. Rhythm like a slowly rolling freight train. Piano. Light fingerpicked guitar. *** 4. (4:10) Ease – Relaxed tempo. Strummed guitars. Piano. Harmonized, yearning vocals. Builds to a fuller arrangement with backing chorus. *** 5. (4:36) Don’t Follow Me – Spare, honest storytelling vocals over folky strummed guitar. “Don’t follow me, I am lost/Trying to find my way home like everyone else.” ** 6. (4:34) Little Sea — Really nice, melodic indie pop. Almost Beatles-like in feeling. Harmonized vocals. Brass in lead break. **** 7. (4:02) Dan – Mid-tempo pop-rock stroll. Synth orchestration. Piano. 8. (4:37) Moline – Slightly mysterious, darker folk. Starts after a long count-in. Strummed guitar. 9. (4:13) Dad – Old-timey song construction. Ooh, sha la la’s fit with a 1960s sound. Clearly, Dad preferred that decade. 10. (3:30) Monk – Sadness pervades. Mellow synth and cello maybe (or synth) create sorrowful underpinnings for a song about life’s disappointments. Somber brass in lead break. ** | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Test Yourself | 6. | Little Sea | |||
| 2. | Karma Kard | 7. | Dan | |||
| 3. | Old Bridge | 8. | Moline | |||
| 4. | Ease | 9. | Dad | |||
| 5. | Don't Follow Me | 10. | Monk |