“...their live show had me hook, line, and sinker from the start. Blue Kid is a great and entertaining live band, led by an energetic and quirky Benecke, who’s comfortable on the stage and delivers the set with emotion and conviction.”
- Augie De Blieck Jr., Augie Shoots (Dec 10, 2012)
"Think the cabaret stylings of Scissor Sisters without any of their camp, Upright, Love. is a smoky, theatrical album that ought to appeal to Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor fans everywhere."-
- Josh Kurp, UPROXX (Nov 27, 2012)
"The album opens with the piano and percussion-driven “Can You Keep Up” — and the straight answer is, “No.” Benecke spouts the lyrics like an uncapped gusher. [...] The main tenor of the album is found in the singer playing out her emotions, yet with a curtain to retreat back into afterwards. On the bluesy final track, “We Were Out Again Too Late”, Benecke is at her seductive best, exuding an intensity that makes the story all the more believable. Once again the actress in Lydia Benecke has the last word."
- Tony Hardy, Consequence of Sound (Nov 26, 2012)
" ...a four-piece act that combines pop, jazz, and folk to create whimsical compositions that fit nicely in the lighthearted side of the realm inhabited by fellow New Yorkers Jaymay and Regina Spektor."
- Doug Levy, Flavorwire (Oct 14, 2011)
"In October, Blue Kid won Flavorpill's 2011 A Band Apart competition with "The Dismemberment Song," which is quite possibly the catchiest song ever written about a break-up that ends in sadistic torture. [...] Damn. This is the kind of stuff that would make Dexter Morgan swoon"
- Mike Placito, The Junior Varsity (Nov 02, 2011)
"... a healthy dose of whimsy and twisted humor ..."
- Matt Kennedy, Guilt Free Pleasures (Nov 03, 2011)
- Augie De Blieck Jr., Augie Shoots (Dec 10, 2012)
"Think the cabaret stylings of Scissor Sisters without any of their camp, Upright, Love. is a smoky, theatrical album that ought to appeal to Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor fans everywhere."-
- Josh Kurp, UPROXX (Nov 27, 2012)
"The album opens with the piano and percussion-driven “Can You Keep Up” — and the straight answer is, “No.” Benecke spouts the lyrics like an uncapped gusher. [...] The main tenor of the album is found in the singer playing out her emotions, yet with a curtain to retreat back into afterwards. On the bluesy final track, “We Were Out Again Too Late”, Benecke is at her seductive best, exuding an intensity that makes the story all the more believable. Once again the actress in Lydia Benecke has the last word."
- Tony Hardy, Consequence of Sound (Nov 26, 2012)
" ...a four-piece act that combines pop, jazz, and folk to create whimsical compositions that fit nicely in the lighthearted side of the realm inhabited by fellow New Yorkers Jaymay and Regina Spektor."
- Doug Levy, Flavorwire (Oct 14, 2011)
"In October, Blue Kid won Flavorpill's 2011 A Band Apart competition with "The Dismemberment Song," which is quite possibly the catchiest song ever written about a break-up that ends in sadistic torture. [...] Damn. This is the kind of stuff that would make Dexter Morgan swoon"
- Mike Placito, The Junior Varsity (Nov 02, 2011)
"... a healthy dose of whimsy and twisted humor ..."
- Matt Kennedy, Guilt Free Pleasures (Nov 03, 2011)