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“grace ives made a major impression with her fervent and undeniably fun debut album of synth-injected dance pop ‘2nd.’ released via dots per inch music earlier this year, the collection of tracks are decidedly intimate yet anthemic, danceable yet evocative. the rising songwriter and producer will support pixx in zone one at elsewhere on 4/27”
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“There's dance music, which aims to set the body in motion, and then there's the now-ubiquitous scourge of “chill,” ambient music’s corporate descendant that guides the body to a state of rest and/or productive concentration. Queens-based songwriter Grace Ives maps her music to a third coordinate. Her new album 2nd is restless, seeking neither catharsis or sedation but instead exploring the gradations of thrumming anxiety.”
-Sasha Geffen for Pitchfork
“2nd is incredibly fun and catchy. The dance-ready tracks are short and sweet, most clocking in at under two minutes. All but two of them were written around a Roland MC 505 beat, giving way to a distinctly M.I.A. flavoring with the quirky tones chosen instrumentally. “Butterfly” in particular reminds me of killer Arular singles like ‘Galang’ or ‘Bucky Done Gun.’”
-Keely Quinian for Stereogum
“A 12 track album clocking in at 22 minutes, 2nd is an exercise in pared down pop, each vignette effortlessly entertained before darting off feverishly, a collection of sketches much like The Residents’s Commercial Album. Despite it’s fleeting length, there’s a rich spectrum of flavours and guises which showcase Ives’s many dimensions, but never at the compromise of her laconic punch.”
