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8.6
32696
8.6 |
Beats Per Minute
Simplicity rarely sounds this good
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8.5
32637
8.5 |
Bowlegs
The current definitive benchmark for this brand of velvet rock
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8.2
32802
8.2 |
Paste Magazine
Dum Dum Girls have raised the bar
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8.0
32874
8.0 |
musicOMH
It showcases a remarkably assured collection of songs as well as a real depth and maturity to songwriting that dwarfs the offerings of its home-recorded predecessor
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8.0
32927
8.0 |
FasterLouder
Feels fleshed out, crisp and contemporary, with Dee Dee’s songwriting flourishing as a result of access to high-end recording equipment and slick production
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8.0
33353
8.0 |
The AU Review
There’s an astounding amount of raw emotion in play, and Dee Dee expresses it with a directness and urgency that speaks volumes about how much her mother meant to her
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8.0
32794
8.0 |
Blurt
There are two faces to Only in Dreams: one is a collection of Shangri-Las-tinged pop, while the other is a record thick in emotion
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8.0
34252
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Poignant yet polished. Print edition only
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8.0
32549
8.0 |
The Fly
Merging the harmonies of The Ronettes with the dreamy sadness of Mazzy Star
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8.0
32281
8.0 |
Spin
Gundred's richer-than-you-expect voice is the key to these jagged little pillows
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
Every guitar riff, snappy rhythm and surging chorus here is polished to a gleam
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8.0
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8.0 |
DIY
Dum Dum Girls are, as of this album, an excellent band, rather than a prospectively excellent one
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7.6
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7.6 |
Pitchfork
Only in Dreams isn't a perfect record, but a little while down the line it might end up looking like the beginning of something
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7.5
32740
7.5 |
A.V. Club
It’s a softer side to the Dum Dum Girls, but no less catchy or insistent
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7.5
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7.5 |
Prefix
An honest and fiery rock band who are quickly separating themselves from their peers
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
The albums finest moments come when she [Dee Dee] takes a Misery-sized sledgehammer to the youthful irreverence of yore and reduces it to rubble
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7.0
32685
7.0 |
AU Review
As an album, it sounds more like a concerted effort to improve than any sort of definitive statement, but it’s no less enjoyable, all the same
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
All hi-fi, sonically and emotionally, piling on Phil Spector echo and Go-Go's gloss
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6.0
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6.0 |
State
By all accounts it’s new territory for the Dum Dums, but a welcome addition to an album really lacking in variety
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6.0
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6.0 |
Entertainment.ie
A maturely written and well-constructed guitar pop record
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6.0
32809
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Despite their musical references to the past, Dum Dum Girls deal in visceral songwriting, and that's absolutely undeniable
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6.0
32569
6.0 |
Mojo
A clean, jangly sound co-produced by Sune Rose Wagner of noirish Danes The Raveonettes. Print edition only
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6.0
32528
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Confirms this bunch of self-anointed femme fatales as an impressive songwriting outfit
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6.0
32282
6.0 |
The Skinny
There is only a little deviation from the back-to-basics garage indie of their first LP
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6.0
32735
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
There’s still those infectious guitars at work, best heard when the quartet stretch their legs over the three-minute average
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5.0
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5.0 |
PopMatters
Maybe it’s time to call a moratorium on cribbing beats from nearly-half-century-old Ronettes singles
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4.0
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4.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
There are some songs to love, but you can only take so many variations of the same theme
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