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Oct 4, 2012Dum Dum Girls have graduated from a class of reverb junkies to becoming potentially one of the most potent and distinct pop bands of our time. End of Daze is on a separate level of artistic creativity and economy.
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Sep 24, 2012End of Daze is a confident and comprehensive showcase for everything Dum Dum Girls do well.
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Nov 13, 2012They may be lumped in with the recent girl group pop fad, but End of Daze proves that there is nothing common or ordinary about this band.
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Sep 28, 2012End of Daze sees the band further venturing into the beauteous bleakness.
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Sep 25, 2012Maybe most importantly, the End of Daze EP cements Dum Dum Girls as a band that should be taken seriously and whose look has become the least interesting part about them.
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Oct 2, 2012End of Daze sounds like a short segment of Dum Dum Girls' future greatest hits collection.
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Sep 26, 2012End Of Daze finds Gundred--and Dum Dum Girls--in a good place.
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MagnetOct 17, 2012Here Dee Dee even strips the roaring guitar off a lazily tuneful stopgap that's not quite as revelatory as High. [No. 92, p.53]
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Sep 25, 2012Although distant from the translucent bedroom recordings of debut I Will Be, the 18-minute EP marks a pivotal moment for Dum Dum Girls, extending far beyond the initial lo-fi confessions of Dee Dee Penny.
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Sep 24, 2012A five-song EP that summarizes the band's strengths better than any of their work so far, while also highlighting how little this material gains from linear sequencing.
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Under The RadarSep 24, 2012After those two tracks [Mine Tonight & I Got Nothing], the EP turns something of a corner, a fresh start symbolized by the third track cover song, "Trees and Flowers." [Aug/Sep 2012, p.125]
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Alternative PressSep 24, 2012Their continued filtering of '50s girl-group melodies through swelling pop songs that crib equally from the noise/indie/dream spheres captivates in newly charming ways. [Oct 2012, p.88]
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Sep 24, 2012It expands their sound, delves into some new sonic textures, and cements Dee Dee's place as one of the more interesting and expressive vocalists around.
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Oct 30, 2012Shying away from lo-fi, Dum Dum Girls still deliver perfectly spare noise rock ("I Got Nothing"), but they're best somewhere in between.
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Sep 25, 2012The album's listlessness - when compared to the blisteringly restless heartbreak/firecracker of Dreams - is kind of a bummer.