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Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length release for the collaboration between AFI's Davey Havok with No Doubt members Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, and Adrian Young was produced by Tim Pagnotta.
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Kill for Candy
I didn't leave a thing behind But you can't say I didn't try I didn't take a thing with me But please don't say you're left displeased Miss, you... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. May 15, 2017
    80
    Bearing the smart but dark pop hallmarks of bands like The Cure and Echo And The Bunnymen, it’s astonishing how the L.A. foursome’s fusion of disco, funk and hot gothic takes sounds so fresh in 2017, 30-odd years after that stuff’s heyday.
  2. May 15, 2017
    80
    Ultimately, while DREAMCAR's debut surely exists as a byproduct of No Doubt and Havok's various successes, the album stands on its own, magnified by each bandmember's most charismatic elements.
  3. May 15, 2017
    67
    This album is a pure nostalgia play, and it’s going to score plenty of airplay on KROQ as a bridge between that station’s modern alt-rock staples and the ‘80s groups that once served as its bread and butter.
  4. 60
    Apart from running repetitive with no real memorable tracks in the back-end, it's the cheese factor that ends up hampering the show.
  5. May 25, 2017
    58
    The lyrical setbacks also help emphasize Dreamcar’s greatest strength: It’s a simple labor of love, as opposed to a grandiose spectacle, and in doing so, it sidesteps the usual supergroup cesspool.
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