# Too True

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Too True
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [Dum Dum Girls](/source/Dum_Dum_Girls)
| cover      = Dum_Dum_Girls_-_Too_True_cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = January 22, 2014
| recorded   = 2012–2013
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Indie pop](/source/Indie_pop)
| length     = 30:16
| label      = [Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop)
| producer   = [Richard Gottehrer](/source/Richard_Gottehrer) and [Sune Rose Wagner](/source/Sune_Rose_Wagner)
| prev_title = [End of Daze](/source/End_of_Daze)
| prev_year  = 2012
| next_title =
| next_year  =
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Too True
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Lost Boys & Girls Club
 | single1date = December 17, 2013
 | single2     = Rimbaud Eyes
 | single2date = January 28, 2014
}}
}}

'''''Too True''''' is the third and final studio album by [Dum Dum Girls](/source/Dum_Dum_Girls),<ref name="albumsite">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/52844-dum-dum-girls-announce-new-album-too-true-share-new-songvideo-lost-boys-and-girls-club//|title=Dum Dum Girls Announce New Album Too True, Share New Song/Video "Lost Boys and Girls Club", News, Pitchfork|accessdate=2014-01-09|author=Jen Pelly|publisher=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))}}</ref> released by [Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop) on January 22, 2014 in Japan; January 27, 2014 in Europe; and January 28, 2014 worldwide. The album marked the fourth Dum Dum Girls release in a row produced by [Richard Gottehrer](/source/Richard_Gottehrer) and [the Raveonettes](/source/the_Raveonettes)' [Sune Rose Wagner](/source/Sune_Rose_Wagner), and the fifth overall for Gottehrer. The album reached No. 138 on the [UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140208cluk.txt |title= CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE - 8.02.2014 |work=Zobbel.de |accessdate=February 14, 2014}}</ref>

==Music==
''Too True'' was compared to British alternative rock bands like [Siouxsie and the Banshees](/source/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees), [the Cure](/source/the_Cure), [the Stone Roses](/source/the_Stone_Roses), [Suede](/source/Suede_(band)), and [the Jesus and Mary Chain](/source/the_Jesus_and_Mary_Chain).<ref name="club">{{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](/source/The_A.V._Club) |date=28 January 2014 |accessdate=28 January 2014}}</ref> The production on the album featured heavy use of reverb and multiple layers of guitars.<ref name="paste" />

==Background==
Frontwoman [Dee Dee](/source/Kristin_Kontrol) began to write ''Too True'' while touring for ''[End of Daze](/source/End_of_Daze)'', and in November 2012, she began to record the album with Gottehrer at Pet Sounds at East West Studios in [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles). 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wearedumdumgirls.com/too-true/ |title=TOO TRUE: CHASING POP INTO THE DARK: DUM DUM GIRLS |publisher=[Dum Dum Girls](/source/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 }}</ref>

The song "Are You Okay?" was originally written and intended for [Ronnie Spector](/source/Ronnie_Spector) but Gottehrer convinced Dee Dee to keep it for herself.<ref name="rollingstoneinterview">{{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](/source/Rolling_Stone) |date=29 January 2014 |accessdate=30 January 2014}}</ref>

==Promotion==
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](/source/H%26M).<ref name="TooTrue">{{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}}</ref> On November 15, a teaser video for "Too True to Be Good" was released in conjunction with ''[V](/source/V_(American_magazine))''.<ref>{{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](/source/Spin_Magazine)|accessdate=2014-01-09}}</ref> The "Lost Boys & Girls Club" single was released on December 17, 2013.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

The second single from the album, "Rimbaud Eyes", premiered January 11, 2014 via [Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop)'s official [SoundCloud](/source/SoundCloud) page.<ref>{{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](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|accessdate=2014-01-11}}</ref> [NPR](/source/NPR) premiered the full album on January 20 through an exclusive "first listen" stream on their website.<ref>{{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](/source/NPR)|accessdate=2014-01-22}}</ref>

The band performed "Rimbaud Eyes" on ''[The Late Show with David Letterman](/source/The_Late_Show_with_David_Letterman)'' on January 30, 2014. This appearance marked the band's second televised performance.<ref>{{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](/source/Stereogum)|accessdate=2014-01-31}}</ref> The entire "Too True to Be Good" video was released February 19, 2014 to promote the band's North American tour.<ref>{{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](/source/V_(American_magazine))|accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/too-true-mw0002593739|title=Dum Dum Girls - 'Too True', AllMusic|author= Tim Sendra|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[NME](/source/NME)''
| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="nme">{{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](/source/NME) |date=24 January 2014 |accessdate=2014-02-20}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| rev3Score = 7.4/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{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](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) |accessdate=2014-02-20}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)''
|rev4Score=7/10<ref name="popmatters">{{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}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))''
|rev5Score=7/10<ref name="spin">{{cite web |url=https://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}}</ref>
| rev6 = Sputnikmusic
|rev6Score=3.5/5<ref name="sputnikmusic">{{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}}</ref>
}}
Upon its release, ''Too True'' received generally positive reviews from critics.<ref name="mc"/> At [Metacritic](/source/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".<ref name="mc">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/too-true/dum-dum-girls/critic-reviews |title=Too True |publisher=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic). [CBS Interactive](/source/CBS_Interactive)|accessdate=January 28, 2014}}</ref> In his review published on ''[The A.V. Club](/source/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".<ref name="club" /> ''[Paste](/source/Paste_(magazine))'' hailed the record, stating that "Dee Dee’s voice is what stands out. It’s achingly emotive in its minimal range".<ref name="paste">{{cite web |author=Lore, Mark |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/01/dum-dum-girls-too-true.html |title=Too True |publisher=[Paste](/source/Paste_(magazine)) |date = January 28, 2014 |accessdate=January 28, 2014}}</ref> ''[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine))'' qualified ''Too True'' as "a perfect pop balance of cliche and rawness, with mythic ambition and songs that make you a three-minute hero".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Too True review |journal = [Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine)) |date=February 2014 |page=95}}</ref> ''[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))'' wrote that it was "a bold album".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Too True review |journal = [Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine)) |date=February 2014 |page=73}}</ref> ''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?".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://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}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [Dee Dee](/source/Kristin_Kontrol)
| 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](/source/Sub_Pop) bonus 7" vinyl<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| title1 = Rimbaud Eyes
| length1        = 3:30
| title2 = Girls Intuition
| length2        = 2:49
}}

==Personnel==
Adapted from ''Too True'' liner notes:<ref name="discogs">{{cite AV media notes |title=Too True |others=[Dum Dum Girls](/source/Dum_Dum_Girls) |year=2014 |type=booklet |publisher=[Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop)|location=Seattle, Washington}}</ref>

*[Dee Dee](/source/Kristin_Kontrol) – vocals, bass, guitar
*[Sune Rose Wagner](/source/Sune_Rose_Wagner) – additional guitar, bass, drums, and synthesizer

Recorded at East West Studios, [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) and The Coven, [New York City](/source/New_York_City). 
*Engineered by Alonzo Vargas at The Orchard, New York City.
*Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound, New York City.

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
!Country
!Date
!Format
!Label
|-
|rowspan="1"|Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://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}}</ref>
|rowspan="1"|{{start date|2014|1|22}}
|rowspan="4"|[CD](/source/CD), [digital download](/source/Music_download), [LP record](/source/LP_record)  
|rowspan="4"|[Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop)
|-
|rowspan="1"|United Kingdom<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|rowspan="1"|{{start date|2014|1|27}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|Canada<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|{{start date|2014|1|28}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|United States<ref name="albumsite"/>
|-
|}
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."<ref name="loseredition">{{cite web|url=http://www.subpop.com/channel/blog/sub_pop_loser_edition_faq|title=Sub Pop records: Loser Edition FAQ|publisher=[Sub Pop](/source/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}}</ref>

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