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Dressy Bessy (Bonus DVD)

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I love this album! I would describe the music as the Primitives meet the Breeders. Great pop/alternative songs. Tammy Ealom's (sp?) vocals remind me of a more talented, less raspy Kim Deal. The whole band is kind of a "more talented" Breeders, but slightly less "poppy" than the Primitives. More accessible than the Aisler's Set. This is one of the first albums in a long, long time that I listen to in it's entirety. No "filler" songs here! If you like the song "Rainfall" from Apples in Stereo, or the more upbeat Belly songs like "Slow Dog" and "Feed the Tree" or "Long Division" from the Aislers Set, you'll like this album.

Not only is the album great, but if you're new to Dressy Bessy, the DVD will make you like them a even more. This is fun, peppy music that's hard to dislike.

Though their sound is similar on most tracks, I really am digging this album. I admit, I'm kind of a sucker for the psych sounds of Elephant 8, but this group has a nice mid to up tempo rocking sound that never dives to deep into true psychedelia or the bizarre. Steady, consistently good. Great mixed with other clean guitar centered rock or E8 friends.

A very noticable change from their earlier albums, as they seem to have a more matured sound, the self titled release is more great Dressy Bessy. Whereas other bands make changes that result in usually less than stellar albums (Blink 182, That Dog, etc.), Dressy Bessy creates another great album that will find it's way to your CD player for months. Once again, there is no filler material, as you will find yourself never skipping any tracks. The songs tend to run a bit longer on this release, but is always a wise music purchase when you buy Dressy Bessy.

Dressy Bessy just keeps getting better and better. This is unquestionably their best to date. Nothing too complex, nothing too deep, just infectiously catchy bubblegum pop to chew again and again!

Dressy Bessy are the saviours of pop-rock. Their first album Pink Hearts, Yellow Moons or somesuch was a brilliant development in the tedious avenues of rock 'n roll and then they had a disappointing second full-length, but then they delivered this wondrous piece of work. This album is the stuff that should be sent out coded into interstellar satellites to show how much fun those crazy humans can really become. There is one slight misstep on track 4, methinks, but hardly registers in lowering the impact of this fine record.

Pop Kulcher Review: A surprisingly punchy, muscular album from these purveyors of bubblegum pop. They're peripheral members of 90's indie pop scenesters known generally as the Elephant 6 collective (guitarist Andy Hill places in E6 mainstays Apples In Stereo), and continue to share a skewed pop sensibility. But while past efforts (this is their 4th full-length disc, notwithstanding the eponymous title) were much more lightweight and bubblegum-oriented, highlighting singer Tammy Ealon's girlish vocals, this time around they've traded in their old Archies albums for some Ramones. They still limit their songs to a maximum of three chords, and often the same chords (perhaps played in a slightly different order), but they've turned the amps up to 11. In addition, Ealon has toned down her chirpier stylings, singing in more of a husky, lower register, like a slightly less sensual & cigarette-damaged Kim Deal. But it's all delivered with a sense of fun, and the more forceful delivery makes for a less forgettable listening experience than prior albums. Most importantly, they've weeded out a lot of the filler that weakened the past couple outings -- I may be going out on a limb here, but almost every song here is a winner. Not necessarily significant, or deeply meaningful, but not feather light, either. If I have one criticism, it's the unnecessary length of the songs. Almost every song here would be a near-perfect 2-minute pop-rocker; instead, they stretch most out to the 4-minute mark. Yes, the catchy choruses are great -- the first few times; not the 12 additional times they drag on before finally fading out. I realize that the CD era has allowed artists to stretch the lengths of their releases, for better & worse; but there's no reason you can't release a perfectly respectable 30-minute disc with 13 2-minute pop songs (see, e.g., The Shins). Nonetheless, it's one of the rare power-pop albums that is truly light on filler, so even if you find yourself reaching for the skip button halfway through a few songs, you're still going to find yourself smiling and giddy by the end. Even better, it's being carried at a low price more characteristic of an EP -- and they even throw in a bonus DVD (at least for now) with a few videos and concert exceprts; we're not talking big budget by any means, but it's still plenty of fun. The live tracks are surprisingly decent (considering I caught them live last year and they were pretty anemic, one of the most disappointing shows I'd seen in some time).

Dressy Bessy is one of my favorite rock bands in the world. This is their best effort yet; while I will also say that for Sound go Round in a different way.

Georgie Blue is their best song yet.

My name is Jayson and I am 13. I give this album five stars because it doesn't have alot of banging in it like alot of CDs.
And, I think that if I were to make an album it would sound like this one.