Album review: Dum Dum Girls' Too True
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[Grade: C+] Their last EP could've launched them into dreamy Goth-pop stardom, but Dum Dum Girls settle for staying in their lane.
Dum Dum Girls | C+
They settle for shimmer when they should reach for tunes, play at mid-tempo like they’re hypnotized by a metronome and stay in their lane after End of Daze could’ve launched them into dreamy Goth-pop stardom. And worst of all, Too True (Sub Pop) gives the game away on “Lost Boys and Girls Club:” “There’s no particular place we are going/ Still, we are going.” Makes you wonder if Dee Dee’s California cafard was just a pose all along.
