Too True

Too True was compared to British alternative rock bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Cure, the Stone Roses, Suede, and the Jesus and Mary Chain.{{cite web |first=Kyle |last=Ryan

|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/facing-stasis-dum-dum-girls-shift-a-bit-on-a-solid-200954 |title=Too True review |publisher=The A.V. Club |date=28 January 2014 |accessdate=28 January 2014}} The production on the album featured heavy use of reverb and multiple layers of guitars.

Frontwoman Dee Dee began to write Too True while touring for End of Daze, and in November 2012, she began to record the album with Gottehrer at Pet Sounds at East West Studios in Hollywood. However, Dee Dee soon realized her voice was damaged from touring, which halted recording. During this break, she rewrote lead single "Lost Boys & Girls Club" and slowly recorded the vocals herself back in New York City.{{cite web |url=http://wearedumdumgirls.com/too-true/ |title=TOO TRUE: CHASING POP INTO THE DARK: DUM DUM GIRLS |publisher=Dum Dum Girls |date=2013-10-31 |accessdate=2014-01-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113034512/http://wearedumdumgirls.com/too-true/ |archivedate=2014-01-13 }}

The song "Are You Okay?" was originally written and intended for Ronnie Spector but Gottehrer convinced Dee Dee to keep it for herself.{{cite web |first=Marrisa |last=Muller |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dum-dum-girls-break-away-from-the-bedroom-on-too-true-20140129 |title=Dum Dum Girs Break Away From Underground on "Too True: Music News: Rolling Stone |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=29 January 2014 |accessdate=30 January 2014}}

The album and track listing were unveiled on October 31, 2013, alongside the release of the video for the first single, "Lost Boys & Girls Club," which premiered with H&M.{{cite web|title=H&M Life Introduces: Dum Dum Girls - Lost Boys And Girls Club|url=http://www.hm.com/us/life#hm_life_introduces_dum_dum_girls__lost_boys_and_girls_club|accessdate=2014-01-09}} On November 15, a teaser video for "Too True to Be Good" was released in conjunction with V.{{cite web|title=See Dum Dum Girls' Gloom Chic 'Too True' album teaser, SPIN, SPIN MIX, Videos|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/11/dum-dum-girls-gloom-trailer-new-album-too-true/|author=Kyle McGovern|publisher=Spin Magazine|accessdate=2014-01-09}} The "Lost Boys & Girls Club" single was released on December 17, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H1SKRW0/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp|title=Amazon.com: Lost Boys & Girls Club - Single: Dum Dum Girls: MP3 Music|website=Amazon |accessdate=2013-01-30}}

The second single from the album, "Rimbaud Eyes", premiered January 11, 2014 via Sub Pop's official SoundCloud page.{{cite web|title=Listen: Dum Dum Girls "Rimbaud Eyes", News, Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/53564-listen-dum-dum-girls-rimbaud-eyes/|author=Carrie Batton|publisher=Pitchfork|accessdate=2014-01-11}} NPR premiered the full album on January 20 through an exclusive "first listen" stream on their website.{{cite web|title=First Listen: Dum Dum Girls, 'Too True' NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/01/19/262777670/first-listen-dum-dum-girls-too-true|author=Stephan Thompson|website=NPR.org |publisher=NPR|accessdate=2014-01-22}}

The band performed "Rimbaud Eyes" on The Late Show with David Letterman on January 30, 2014. This appearance marked the band's second televised performance.{{cite web|title=Watch Dum Dum Girls Play Letterman - Stereogum |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1652102/watch-dum-dum-girls-play-letterman/video/comment-page-1/#comment-8378151|author=Tom Beihan|date=31 January 2014 |publisher=Stereogum|accessdate=2014-01-31}} The entire "Too True to Be Good" video was released February 19, 2014 to promote the band's North American tour.{{cite web|title=Premiere Video: Dum Dum Girls - Too True To Be Good|url=http://www.vmagazine.com/site/content/2299/premiere-video-dum-dum-girls---too-true-to-be-good/|publisher=V Magazine|accessdate=2014-02-19}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/too-true-mw0002593739|title=Dum Dum Girls - 'Too True', AllMusic|author= Tim Sendra|website=AllMusic |accessdate=2014-03-01}}

| rev2 = NME

| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/dum-dum-girls/15044|title=Dum Dum Girls - 'Too True', NME|author= Kevin EG Perry|website=NME |date=24 January 2014 |accessdate=2014-02-20}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3Score = 7.4/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18912-dum-dum-girls-too-true/|title=Album review: Dum Dum Girls: Too True|author=Jayson Greene|website=Pitchfork |accessdate=2014-02-20}}

| rev4 = PopMatters

|rev4Score=7/10{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/178209-the-dum-dum-girls-too-true/|title=Dum Dum Girls: Too True, PopMatters|author=Matt Casarino|accessdate=2014-02-20}}

| rev5 = Spin

|rev5Score=7/10{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/dum-dum-girls-too-true/|title=Dum Dum Girls Convene Their Own Dead French Poets Society on 'Too True'|author= Jason Gubbels|accessdate=2014-02-20}}

| rev6 = Sputnikmusic

|rev6Score=3.5/5{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/60752/Dum-Dum-Girls-Too-True/|title=Album review: Dum Dum Girls: Too True - sputnikmusic|author= Rudy K|accessdate=2014-02-20}}

}}

Upon its release, Too True received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72 based on 37 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/too-true/dum-dum-girls/critic-reviews |title=Too True |publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive|accessdate=January 28, 2014}} In his review published on The A.V. Club, Ryan Kyle praised the album, saying that "Too True finds Dee Dee enlisting a drum machine to give songs like 'Little Minx' and 'Evil Blooms' a much more rigid backbone than the band’s songs have had in the past". Paste hailed the record, stating that "Dee Dee’s voice is what stands out. It’s achingly emotive in its minimal range".{{cite web |author=Lore, Mark |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/01/dum-dum-girls-too-true.html |title=Too True |publisher=Paste |date = January 28, 2014 |accessdate=January 28, 2014}} Mojo qualified Too True as "a perfect pop balance of cliche and rawness, with mythic ambition and songs that make you a three-minute hero".{{cite journal |title=Too True review |journal = Mojo |date=February 2014 |page=95}} Uncut wrote that it was "a bold album".{{cite journal |title=Too True review |journal = Uncut |date=February 2014 |page=73}} No Ripcord criticized the album's production, stating that the band "needs to play to its strengths, rather than a production style" and asking, "What's the point of writing great riffs if you can't properly listen to them?".{{cite web |url=http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/dum-dum-girls/too-true |title=Dum Dum Girls - Too True - Music Review |first=Joe |last=Marvilli |date=February 10, 2014 |accessdate=February 13, 2013}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Dee Dee

| total_length = 30:16

| title1 = Cult of Love

| length1 = 2:14

| title2 = Evil Blooms

| length2 = 2:35

| title3 = Rimbaud Eyes

| length3 = 3:30

| title4 = Are You Okay?

| length4 = 2:50

| title5 = Too True to Be Good

| length5 = 3:04

| title6 = In the Wake of You

| length6 = 2:40

| title7 = Lost Boys & Girls Club

| length7 = 3:24

| title8 = Little Minx

| length8 = 2:29

| title9 = Under These Hands

| length9 = 3:29

| title10 = Trouble Is My Name

| length10 = 4:01

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese bonus track

| title11 = Girls Intuition

| length11 = 2:49

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Sub Pop bonus 7" vinyl{{cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/news/2013/12/10/dum_dum_girls_to_tour_on_their_upcoming_too_true|title=Dum Dum Girls to tour on their upcoming "Too True"|accessdate=2014-01-09}}

| title1 = Rimbaud Eyes

| length1 = 3:30

| title2 = Girls Intuition

| length2 = 2:49

}}

Adapted from Too True liner notes:{{cite AV media notes |title=Too True |others=Dum Dum Girls |year=2014 |type=booklet |publisher=Sub Pop|location=Seattle, Washington}}

• Dee Dee – vocals, bass, guitar
• Sune Rose Wagner – additional guitar, bass, drums, and synthesizer

Recorded at East West Studios, Los Angeles and The Coven, New York City.

• Engineered by Alonzo Vargas at The Orchard, New York City.
• Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound, New York City.

class="wikitable" !Country !Date !Format !Label

rowspan="1"|Japan{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Dum-Dum-Girls_000000000431439/item_Too-True_5626769|title=Too True: Dum Dum Girls: HMV Online|accessdate=2014-01-09}} |rowspan="1"|{{start date|2014|1|22}} |rowspan="4"|CD, digital download, LP record |rowspan="4"|Sub Pop

rowspan="1"|United Kingdom{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-True-Dum-Girls/dp/B00GZAHH6E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389293575&sr=8-1&keywords=dum+dum+girls/item_Too-True_5626769|title=Too True: Dum Dum Girls: Amazon.co.uk: Music|website=Amazon UK |accessdate=2014-01-09}} |rowspan="1"|{{start date|2014|1|27}}

rowspan="1"|Canada{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Too-True-Dum-Girls/dp/B00GZAHH6E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1389293772&sr=8-2&keywords=dum+dum+girls+too+true9|title=Too True: Dum Dum Girls: Amazon.ca: Music|accessdate=2014-01-09}} |rowspan="2"|{{start date|2014|1|28}}

rowspan="1"|United States

A limited number of copies of the LP version of the album were released on light blue and white spattered vinyl as a "Loser Edition."{{cite web|url=http://www.subpop.com/channel/blog/sub_pop_loser_edition_faq|title=Sub Pop records: Loser Edition FAQ|publisher=Sub Pop|accessdate=2014-01-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816004453/http://www.subpop.com/channel/blog/sub_pop_loser_edition_faq|archivedate=2012-08-16}}

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