{"id":739,"date":"2014-01-20T09:53:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T14:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=739"},"modified":"2014-01-28T08:32:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T13:32:42","slug":"dum-dum-girls-too-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/dum-dum-girls-too-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Dum Dum Girls <br>Too True"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dum_dum_girls-too_true.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-740\" alt=\"Dum Dum Girls, Too True\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dum_dum_girls-too_true.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dum_dum_girls-too_true.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dum_dum_girls-too_true-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Too True<\/i> (Sub Pop) arrives as the third full-length release from the Dum Dum Girls and in a sense represents the fulfillment of the four-piece\u2019s potential. Initially the lo-fi recording project of Dee Dee Penny, the Dum Dum Girls released their debut album, <i>I Will Be<\/i>, in 2010 and quickly distinguished themselves among the surge of female-fronted garage-pop bands generating buzz around that time. The band\u2019s sound became more focused on their sophomore LP, <i>Only In Dreams<\/i>, but the its recorded output almost completely halted following that album\u2019s release in late 2011, with only one EP arriving between then and now.<\/p>\n<p>But any doubts about the Girls&#8217; ability to continue on are put to rest with <i>Too True<\/i>. The album builds upon the sound of its predecessor, featuring the same consistently solid songwriting, while moving toward a slightly darker feel than that found in the group\u2019s previous work. Songs like \u201cCult Of Love\u201d and \u201cEvil Blooms,\u201d for instance, have a sort of grayness lurking about them (beyond the song titles) that brings an added dimension to the group\u2019s pop sensibilities. Indeed, at times it seems as if there\u2019s more than a couple of Joy Division hints here. Amidst this, the band stays true to its lo-fi roots, most notably with the crunchy guitars found in \u201cLittle Minx,\u201d while being unafraid to branch out, as in the breezily anthemic \u201cToo True To Be Good.\u201d The majestic album closer \u201cTrouble Is My Name\u201d brings the record to a fitting conclusion with its wistful, yet jagged hook and demonstrates that the Dum Dum Girls have not only fully realized what the band is capable of, but also found a way to excel at it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>Too True<\/i> arrives as the third full-length release from the Dum Dum Girls and in a sense represents the fulfillment of the four-piece\u2019s potential<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,98,304],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-dum-dum-girls","tag-sub-pop"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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