"Perky, driven folk-pop from a recent spark on San Francisco's local scene. The songs on That Thing In Your Hand are cheerful and pop-inflicted, but don't let that drive you away. This is what the tough kids listen to on their day off. A metaphor in the first song name-drops the flux capacitor from Back to the Future. If that's not transcending girl-rock boundaries, I don't know what is. It's fun to listen to, mostly acoustic guitar, breathy vocals, and drum loops--Sunday brunch music with bite. 'Mother Time' is a driving, bouncy road-trip song. 'Birthday' is smart and sentimental, dripping with nostalgia and irony at once. Lisa Alice just won a bunch of big local music awards, and listening to the record, you hear why. It's not about the medium, it's just quality music." -- Matthue Roth, Bay Area Buzz, march/april 2004

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"Lisa Alice is in that small group of artists who are stupendous solo. No need to hide behind a band, Lisa's solo work pulls, pushes, pulls, shoves, tugs and, yes, somehow holds us close the entire time--like any good melodramatic relationship, Lisa's bipolar performances leave you wanting more." -- Kelly Nathanson, Portland Girls, july 2003

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"Lisa Alice weaves the sweetest of acoustic gal pop very much in the vein of the dreamy wistful side of K Records--think the Softies, Gaze or Mary Lou Lord. However, on songs like "You Win" her vocal delivery also brings to mind more recent female indie singer/songwriters like Tegan & Sara, Madigan or Emm Gryner who themselves possess degrees of the confidence and raw determination of the DiFranco kind. Very down to earth." -- Aquarius Records, february 2003

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"Lisa Alice....is quirkier than your standard girl with guitar. She's also better....Lisa Alice seems unable to help radiating. Her percussive approach to the guitar and her poetic approach to songwriting make for great music with a curious edge." -- Heather Fielding, PostHoc.com, september 1999

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