Next, there’s my current object of affection, that fine and frisky lady from The Bronx by way of Bernalillo-currently at home in Laguna Beach, Orange County. There was always my long-time, here today-gone tomorrow, long time companion, currently teaching somewhere remote on the Big Rez, a southwestern Navajo concentration camp near the 4 Corners. It is the year of our Lord, 2014: so far an interesting year for women. I am back in Hemet, the place the smug among us call Hemetucky-as if there was nothing a couple of Mint Juleps and a **** of Blue Grass wouldn’t cure. My geographic movements during the past year could be called “A Tale of Two Couches.” So as June draws to a close, I assume the position here again on Couch California. Not yet at the point of resignation somehow. No longer the even pulse that I was able to Since she’s gotten half a life time of practice with it. Your hand has abandoned the idea of holding mine I need to get out of here, don’t you understand? She says it’s preferable to be sitting in one placeīecause the jabbering jaw is where all the exercise comes from.Īnd the winner will be declared when there is no more *******
I’ve been absorbing the heat ever since I could The temperature maintains a balmy 120 degrees. Album Description“Doesn’t know when to take her shoes off,” she says.īecause what are you doing, tracking dirt in my houseĪ ******’ ****** who was just so gosh-**** See More Your browser does not support the audio element. Dee Dee had to change, the change was good, and it led to a fine, grown-up guitar pop record. Otherwise, it’s a more mature and well-rounded Dum Dum Girls on Only in Dreams and if that turns off fans of their early work, too bad. The only real stumble on the record occurs on "Coming Down," where the tempo gets dragged to Mazzy Star levels of torpor and Dee Dee indulges in some ill-advised warbling. Dee Dee still writes catchy-as-can-be hooks on the rockers ("Bedroom Eyes," "Just a Creep" and "Teardrops on My Pillow" to name a few) that make up the bulk of the record she can break a heart instantly on a ballad (as on "Hold Your Hand"), and the choice to feature her voice was a good one as she can convey tons of emotion and pain without trying too hard, and just sounds really good and strong. Despite the changes to the sound and approach, there is plenty to like about the band and the album.
All this realness could be a deal breaker especially since Only in Dreams isn’t a fun and immediately enjoyable album like I Will Be was indeed, the main theme can be summed up in the lyrics in the heartbreaking “Caught in One” (“this year’s been a drag/who knew it’d be so bad?”). She’s not an incredibly deep lyricist, but her plain-spoken emotion hits hard at times, especially when delivered in her tough and tender vocals. The songs, too, are much more real, focusing on her mother’s recent passing and the heartache brought on by conflicting touring schedules that kept her apart from her husband for much of the time she was writing songs for the album.
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Not surprisingly, it sounds like a record made by a full band playing together, and miles more together seeming than Dee Dee's early work. The album's producers, Richard Gottehrer and Sune Rose Wagner (of the Raveonettes), put the focus squarely on Dee Dee's voice, dialing back the guitar noise and fattening the sound of the rhythm section. She also sings with a newfound confidence and strength (and a resemblance to Chrissie Hynde), so instead of burying her vocals in the murky mix, they are out front now. Instead of recording by herself, she formed a regular band and trusts them to play and sing with her throughout. Only in Dreams is a much more fully formed and “real” sounding record that makes a huge leap from the bedroom to the studio, and could leave some of the band’s original fans shaking their heads at some of the changes the band’s leader Dee Dee has made. Buy the album Starting at $12.99Įxpecting the second Dum Dum Girls record to be much like the first one is a bit of a losing proposition.
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