album review: dum dum girls. only in dreams. 26 september 2011. sub pop records
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i’ve fallen a little bit in love with this album over the past few weeks. i feel i need to make you aware of that from the off. it’s great and you can skip the following two paragraphs if that’s all you needed to know. go get it now.

since dee dee has expanded to allow more dum dum girls than just herself, they have grown into a band very much suited to today’s tastes. what has always made dum dum girls stand out from most is that they’ve got that natural sixties sound. and it is natural. there is nothing forced or contrived here. throw some modern l.a. surf pop into the mix and you’ve got a coming together which works. it works so well.

my only criticism with only in dreams would be that the heights early songs such as ‘bedroom eyes’ and ‘in my head’ reach is not held throughout. as i write that i feel i’m being harsh though because ‘coming down’, with its long drawn out vocals and guitars that just ask to be swayed to, has come on and i fucking love it. i know perfectly well that as soon as ‘wasted away’ comes on in a couple of minutes i’ll have something to say about that as well. shit. i’m going to end the review now and stick with the mark i was going to give it. otherwise i’ll just get overexcited. again.

8.5