| Measure for Measure | Audio CDby Ice Mac Sea
| List Price: | $14.49 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 7 to 13 days |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Studio: | Ice Mac Sea | | Release Date: | May 18, 2004 |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
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Deliciously Different by H. Johnson (Bella Vista, CA USA)  5 Stars
August 01, 2008
Michael McCrickard, aka Ice Mac Sea, calls his music "downright weird alternative rocking country-techno pop." If you're the sort of listener who simply must put things in a category, that'll do.
I discovered Ice Mac Sea at four in the morning while driving to the airport. The car rental company had apparently run short of cheap cars, because I got one with satellite radio. I tuned up the "Progressive Country" channel, and a half-hour down Interstate 5, Ice Mac Sea's "Steve Earle" popped up.
"Gram Parsons never died
You can hear him singing every night
They love the dead ones the best
They never disappoint you like the rest."
I liked "Steve Earle" right away. I pulled over at the next gas station, and wrote down the name of the artist. I was afraid to rely on my memory, since the sun hadn't even shown a hint, and my caffeine level was dangerously low.
So, I decided that I had to have "Measure for Measure" in its entirety. It's a leap of faith to buy an album based on one song, but that one song led me to believe that Ice Mac Sea had something special to offer. I wasn't disappointed. Yeah, it is "downright weird," but delightfully so. There is a techo-pop element to it, combined with country-rock instrumental stylings, a goodly heaping of electronica, and McCrickard's vocal phrasing, sometimes electronically altered.
Does it sound like those elements would clash? Nope. They don't. In fact, this "downright weird alternative rocking country-techo pop" has strong pop sensibilities, imbued with a spirit of artistic integrity. Yep, it's weird, but infectiously so. Just ask my wife and son, who spent many mornings singing along with Ice Mac Sea on the way to my son's kindergarten class.
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