"Ida is the best unheard of band around. The songs are inescapeable, the lyrics and melodies are catchy and impossible to forget. Standout songs include "Shoe In", "Fallen Arrow" and "Les Etoiles Secretes"...Buy this album if you are looking for something new and different...otherwise you'll be severely disappointed."
The BEST Ida CD
R | Milwaukee, WI USA | 12/01/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Like many of you, we have hundreds of CDs, but this is the VERY BEST Ida album and in the top 10 for all of our CDs. I've had it for several years and it remains touching, inspiring, beautiful and angry, and is actually capable of giving you the chills -- repeatedly. You must buy it and experience the lovely wash of sound that is Ida."
Strings remind me of the black watch
R | 04/15/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Ida is uncommonly lovely, very beautiful pop with a hushed sensibility--the strings remind me of my favorite other obscure indie pop band the black watch. Achingly heartfelt--sometimes too much so--songs and campfire production. His Name is Alive guy apparently produces them: that seems fitting. Buy this!"
A great place to start your Ida collection
saracen@europa.com | Portland, Or | 12/19/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Ida is one of my hidden treasures that I share with good friends. They don't make it out to the West Coast very often but it really only took that first concert to fall in love. Since then they have produced 3 full albums, an EP "Losing True" and a shared album with the band Retsin "Ida Restin Family, Volume 1". Their music is dangerously soft, melodic with heartfelt lyrics. The album Ten Small Paces is a great introduction to their style. Previous albums "Tales of Brave Ida" and "I Know About You" established their guitar oriented sound and beautiful harmonies between founding members Dan Littleton (Guitar & Vocals) and Liz Mitchell (Guitar & Vocals). Michael Littleton (Drummer) joined the band on the second album. Paces builds upon that bedrock adding quirky instrumentation and the song writing/vocal talents of Karla Schickele (Bass) from the band Beekeeper. The audio is a little more raw this time but it sounds like you are sitting is someone's living room listening to friends make some beautiful music. Standout tracks are: Les Etoiles Secretes, Fallen Arrow, The Weight, Shoe In (a Secret Stars cover), and Golden Hours (a Brian Eno cover). Ten Small Paces is a great place to start sharing some love and I can't praise all their albums enough."