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Dum Dum GirlsI Will Be79 Based on 9 reviews 2010 Ranking: #83 / 396
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The initial concept behind Dum Dum Girls' first full-length was to set the record in an Italian women's prison film from the 1960s. Though only single "Jail La La" (the would-be LP's title) deals with actually being imprisoned, it's an oddly appropriate fit for the Dum Dum Girls' aesthetic: leather, cherry red lipstick, a classic girl-group sound that nods to drag races as much as malt shops. Because of an image licensing snafu, the original concept was scrapped, and in its stead is I Will Be, a blistering half-hour of menacing, witty bubblegum pop.
Dum Dum Girls' debut album is a 30-minute romp of scuzzy guitars and girl-group pop sensibility. Combining sounds from '60s pop, '70s punk, '80s indiepop and '90s grunge, band leader Dee Dee has created a release that presses a million nostalgia buttons at once to uplifting summery effect, but is perhaps sometimes too mired in reverence for her influences to be more than a pleasing anachronism.
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RATINGS
| 83 | A.V. Club |
| 82 | Pitchfork |
| 80 | Drowned in Sound |
| 80 | NME |
| 80 | No Ripcord |
| 80 | PopMatters |
| 80 | Spin |
| 70 | AllMusic |
| 60 | musicOMH |
| # 13 - | A.V. Club |
| # 15 - | Gorilla vs. Bear |
- It Only Takes One Night
- Bhang, Bhang, I'm a Burnout
- O Mein M
- Jail La La
- Rest of Our Lives
- Yours Alone
- Blank Girl
- I Will Be
- Lines Her Eyes
- Everybody's Out
- Baby Don't Go
