Dum Dum Girls Announce Sophomore Album

BY Josiah HughesPublished Jun 30, 2011

Following the release of their He Gets Me High EP and the revelation of their Les Demoniaques side-project, California indie poppers Dum Dum Girls have solidified the details for their second proper album.

The record is called Only In Dreams, which we sincerely hope is a reference to Weezer's Blue Album. The album was recorded with Richard Gottehrer and the Raveonettes Sune Rose Wagner at Pink Duck Studios, a recording facility owned by Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme.

As for the album's sound, frontwoman Dee Dee told the Los Angeles Times that "as much as I really love the songs, is definitely a dark record." She went on to explain that much of the release is coloured by the loss of her mother, who recently passed away from brain cancer.

Sub Pop will release Only In Dreams on September 27. After that, Dum Dum Girls will embark on a hefty world tour which includes Canadian stops in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. All dates are available below.

Only In Dreams:

1. "Always Looking"
2. "Bedroom Eyes"
3. "Just a Creep"
4. "In My Head"
5. "Heartbeat"
6. "Caught in One"
7. "Coming Down"
8. "Wasted Away"
9. "Teardrops on My Pillow"
10. "Hold Your Hand"

Tour dates:


 8/8 Los Angeles, CA - Sunset Junction Street Fair

10/1 San Diego, CA - Casbah *

10/2 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar *

10/3 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *

10/4 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *

10/7 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *

10/8 Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl *

10/9 Seattle, WA - Neumo's *

10/12 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club *

10/13 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon *

10/14 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *

10/15 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *

10/16 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace *

10/17 Montreal, QC - Il Motore *

10/19 Boston, MA - Paradise *

10/21 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *

10/22 Washington, DC - Black Cat *

10/23 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *

10/24 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *

11/3 Berlin, DE - Festsaal Kreuzberg

11/4 Cologne, DE - MTC

11/5 Lyon, FR - Tinnitus Festival at Clacson

11/8 Nantes, FR - Stereolux

11/9 Roubaix, FR - Le Cave aux Poetes

11/10 Brussels, BE - Rotande Botanique

11/11 Amsterdam, NL - London Calling

11/13 Manchester, UK - FAC 251

11/14 Newcastle, UK - The Cluny

11/15 Leeds, UK - Brundenell Social Club

11/16 Wrexham, UK - Central Station

11/17 London, UK - ULU

* with Crocodiles

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