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Last Updated: Oct 16th, 2008 - 19:41:01 |
Dressy Bessy is one of the most consistently sugary-sweet indie pop combos around, and certainly the heir to that particular throne here in Denver. 10 years together, the Mile High natives' fifth album, Holler and Stomp, is a practice of youthful exuberance and cunning, but catchy, rhythmic hooks and pop persuasion. Whilst the band ages, their energy never fails to wane, even as artistic directions mature.
The first track, "Automatic," sets the tone for DB's frivolity, mixing punk influx with wily, raucous rhyme schemes. Meanwhile, the fifth track, "In Your Headphones," offers insatiable commercial appeal, and the following "Left to the Right," aptly describes a warehouse dance soiree flush with awkward sentimentality and ambitious love, or possibly lust. Overall, frontwoman Tammy Ealon's lyrical connotations are even more poignant than ever before, driven home by her somewhat flat and cynical, but deliberately coy delivery. And her bandmates (Apples In Stereo's John Hill on guitar, Rob Greene on bass, and Craig Gilbert on drums) highlight her sugary sarcasm with steady, perfected rhythms and clear-cut guitar vamping and chording.
Some critics have denounced DB's latest effort as "stale", but the fact remains that DB is sweeter than ever, mastering their mutated '60s psychedelic sounds and piecing them together in a more contemporary setting. Holler and Stomp is like sitting down with a bag of candy after Halloween: you just can't stop consuming.
Catch the candy-coated pop rockers Oct. 18 at the Bluebird Theater for their CD release party. Doors open at 8 p.m.
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