Ice - The Ice Age (RidingEasy) Review by Steve Thomas-Green My music addic�on began at a very early age. My parents had an old Philips reel to reel tape deck and there were a load of old chart shows, hosted by Alan “Fluff” Freeman on tape… and I used to play those for hours I men�on this because this albumwas recorded back in 1970, probably around the �me my lifelong addic�on was forming… and since then, The Ice Age has mainly been gathering dust as it was never officially released, bar a couple of tracks as a single in 1972. The band, Ice, split up just a�er recording the album, which explains why it’s never been released. And that’s a shame, as this could really have done well for the band, had they go�en the right breaks… but it’s something we’ll never know. Broadly speaking, this reminds me of a load of bands from the late 60s and early 70s, from The Doors, The Byrds, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grand Funk Railroad, Crosby S�lls Nash and Young etc… and man, this is a truly great find. The majority of the album is Rock, but it does occasionally slip over into a more Pop orientated direc�on, with 3 O’clock In The Morning sounding like a cross between The Turtles (Happy Together) and a calming vibe that Eddie Vedder would be proud of. From the very first listen this felt like it had been part of collec�on since I was a kid. It seamlessly fits in with the music that helped shaped my taste in Rock Music. And a lot of the tracks sound like (lost) classics, even though I’ve only played them half a dozen �mes. I host a Classic Rock and Metal radio show, and this will definitely be ge�ng some airplay over the coming weeks… I would love to go into more detail about the album, but my publica�on deadline is upon me… but suffice to say, I can thoroughly recommend this album. It is genuinely a lost classic… maybe one day someone can invent a �me machine to take the members of Ice back to 1970, so they can really see what their futures could have been like. h�ps://www.facebook.com/IceBandFromIndy/ ridingeasyrecs.com
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