“A piano-rooted art-folk singer-songwriter whose intimate, psychedelic-tinged Americana channels California landscapes and the primal rhythms of motherhood.”
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Curatorial notes
Lia Ices emerged from the New York art scene in the late 2000s, trained in experimental theater at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and Shakespeare at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her debut Necima (2008) announced a singular voice: confessional piano balladry filtered through a theatrical sensibility, drawing comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Judee Sill. Signed to Jagjaguwar Records, she...


