Last October, I volleyed out a couple of thoughts following my first and second encounters with Los Angeles’s Dum Dum Girls. I’ve since heard their full-length debut I Will Be, and I am pretty well sold on the band. As a listener fond of the Aislers Set, Black Tambourine, and Henry’s Dress, their style of reverb-heavy pop sits well with me. Thankfully, though, the album exceeds expectations: the songwriting pushes the hooks and choruses beyond what would merely satisfy, and the harmonies, echo-prone production, and use of repetition seem all of a piece.
Good takes on the band can also be found from Todd Martens (“even if the Dum Dum Girls tap a rock ‘n’ roll sound that may live outside the mainstream, it’s one that never really goes out of style”) and Matthew Perpetua (“I didn’t expect to love the Dum Dum Girls’ debut album as much as I do, but quite simply, their songs are very difficult to resist”).