Kevin Bronson on June 17th, 2010

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Took me about 50 seconds – the length of the woozy, haunting intro to “Marmalade” – to completely fall for Sea of Bees, the nom de tune of Sacramento indie-popper Julie Baenziger. Her debut album “Songs for the Ravens” sounds folky in some places, gauzy and ambient in others and twee as hell in still others, but beautiful throughout, and a potent reminder that emotional virtue is an artist’s most precious commodity. This one’s special, folks, let’s not screw it up.

||| See also: My story in today’s LA Weekly, online here.

||| Download: “Marmalade”

||| Live: Sea of Bees performs Sunday at the Hotel Cafe.