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Too True

Dum Dum Girls

Too True

The LA quartet led by Kristen "Dee Dee" Gundred add 80s sounds to their 60s garage pop formula on their 3rd album

ADM rating[?]

6.6

Label
Sub Pop
UK Release date
27/01/2014
US Release date
28/01/2014
  1. 8.3 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Dee Dee Penny wears her heart on one sleeve and her influences on the other, and Too True is translucent with both
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  2. 8.3 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Proves that Dum Dum Girls are as relevant today as they were six years ago because they know that evolution is the key to survival. This is their sound, the sound of today, and they wear it wel
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  3. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    Channels the British early-alternative era—Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Cure, The Stone Roses, and Suede
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    If they keep making records this emotionally powerful, hook-filled, and easy to listen to as this, their future is very, very dark and promising
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  5. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Calls on Siouxsie, Robert Smith and the Cocteau Twins for inspiration
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  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A bold album, with Dee Dee backed by huge, swelling guitars. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A perfect-pop balance of cliché and rawness. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Here be superb examples of sublime subterranean pop music
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  9. 7.5 |   Paste Magazine

    Dee Dee writes some great pop nuggets. And it’ll be interesting to see where she goes from here
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  10. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Dee Dee's greatest gifts are in sound; her voice, her understanding of how classic pop-rock feels
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  11. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Dee Dee's most diverse offering to date, not nearly as coarse as 2010's I Will Be, but not quite as hook-happy as follow-up Only in Dreams
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  12. 7.0 |   NME

    Penny succeeds in beginning a new chapter for her band
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  13. 7.0 |   Clash

    Interestingly, the album itself isn't “too true” – rather, it’s just true enough
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  14. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    If Dum Dum Girls don’t shift away too much from their signature sound, they still provide a solid, satisfying variety of intensity and tempo
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  15. 7.0 |   Spin

    Expertly arranged and fleet-footed
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  16. 7.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Although Too True is not Dum Dum Girls’ finest hour it remains a commendable shift from an artist on the verge of being swallowed up by memory
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  17. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Sleek, tough, pouty indie pop streaked with black-eyeliner distortion and glossy melodies
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  18. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    At its core, it's just unabashed pop songwriting with some influences firmly worn on the sleeve
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  19. 6.0 |   Q

    An engaging, easy on the senses combination of murk and shine. Print edition only

  20. 6.0 |   The 405

    A bit of a mixed bag
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  21. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Another enjoyable album from a band quietly proving to be one of the more consistent groups around
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  22. 6.0 |   State

    This band have real potential, they should be up there with the likes of Warpaint as important female bands right now, but this dreamy shoegaze is falling short of the mark
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  23. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    It’s often too slick to stick
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  24. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    As squeamish as it is smouldering
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  25. 6.0 |   DIY

    A decent enough album and one which ends more strongly than it begins. But it isn't as good as 'Only In Dreams' and because of that, it can't help but feel a bit underwhelming
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  26. 5.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Proves badly misguided in its decision to stray from the winning pop formula that they’d done well to establish so quickly
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  27. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Three albums and several EPs down, the fear that Dum Dum Girls will always be playing catch-up is starting to become all too real
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  28. 5.0 |   Entertainment.ie

    With Too True, Dum Dum Girls continue to raid Rock and Pop's past for inspiration but it is hard to escape the conclusion that each successive raid is yielding less and less returns
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  29. 4.0 |   No Ripcord

    The band needs to play to its strengths, rather than a production style
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  30. 2.0 |   Fact

    As authentically goth as Dale Winton
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