Lia Ices’ Jagjaguwar Debut Grown Unknown is Out Today

Venture out to your local record store or click over to your favorite digital retailer to pick up a copy of Lia Ices’ Grown Unknown, out today on CD and LP. You can also order it from our site HERE.

Critical praise for Grown Unknown:

“A rare album executed in the highest order.” – American Songwriter

“Grown Unknown is a minimalist, modern masterpiece” – SF Station

“Everything is very still, very deliberate, and very beautiful” – L Magazine

“[A record] that unfolds and grows in intensity over repeated listens.” – Hartford Advocate

Listen for yourself via a full album stream at Spinner.com.

You can celebrate with Lia at the Grown Unknown release show at Joe’s Pub in NYC next Tuesday, February 1. Look for tickets HERE. For fans outside the New York area, Lia and her band will be back on the road in March on tour with the Cave Singers. See all the dates HERE.

Pre-Order The Cave Singers and Lia Ices – Then Go See Them On Tour This Spring!

Two very exciting announcements concerning The Cave Singers and Lia Ices today from Jagjaguwar headquarters -

1. This spring The Cave Singers and Lia Ices will be going on a North American tour together! All of these dates are now posted on the Jagjaguwar tour page. They’ll be hitting both coasts as well as SXSW. Party!

2. The Pre-Orders for No Witch by The Cave Singers and Grown Unknown by Lia Ices are now up! You receive an instant digital download of the record(s) you pre-order.  The release dates of these are February 22nd and January 25th, respectively.  There is nothing faster than this instant gratification offer, so get to it!

Praise for No Witch

“[The Cave Singers] each put forth their
best on this album, and it’s quite easy to
tell. For those seekers of intelligent, well-crafted yet unassuming music, look no further than this.”
The Aquarian Weekly

“You will experience the joys of mystic
lyricism and catchy riffs that are essential to
making this album so good.”
Best New Bands

No Witch is the third and most mystifying LP by The Cave Singers and will be released on February 22nd in North America (February 28th in the UK).

Click Here to Pre-Order No Witch and Receive an Instant Digital Download

Praise for Grown Unknown

“A true sonic exploration”
Vogue

“Original and unclassifiable”
La Parisienne

“A rare album executed in
the highest order”
American Songwriter

Grown Unknown is the first album by Lia Ices with Jagjaguwar and will be released on January 25th in North America (February 14th in the UK).

Click Here to Pre-Order Grown Unknown and for an Instant Digital Download

“Daphne” Single by Lia Ices Out Now!

The beautiful single from Lia Ices’ upcoming full-length record, Grown Unknown, is now for sale digitally! “Daphne” also features vocals by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. Below is a stream of the song and three fine online shops where you can purchase “Daphne” for 99 cents!

“Daphne” by Lia Ices by jagjaguwar

Buy “Daphne” at iTunes

Buy “Daphne” at Amazon

Buy “Daphne” at Think Indie

Lia Ices LP, Grown Unknown, Coming this January – Stream MP3 for “Daphne”

Today is a really special day – we are so excited to announce that Lia Ices’ full-length LP, Grown Unknown, will be released on Jagjaguwar on January 25th, 2011 (24th in the UK).

Below we have the 2nd mp3, “Daphne,” available for streaming.

“Daphne” by Lia Ices by jagjaguwar

More info on Grown Unknown, the special guest on “Daphne,” and CMJ schedule after the jump!

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Lia Ices Interview and Exclusive Video Posted at the Village Voice

Parts & Labor alum and famously terse music critic Christopher R. Weingarten featured Jagjaguwar’s Lia Ices in this week’s Village Voice “Yes In My Backyard” column.  The post features a new video (featured above) of Lia’s recording session that included the vocals for “Grown Unknown.” You can read all about Lia’s process, what “Grown  Unknown” is really about, and if those are actually hand claps or thigh slaps (hint: they are thigh slaps).

“Grown Uknown” by Lia Ices by jagjaguwar