''I Will Be'' is the debut album by

Dum Dum Girls Dum Dum Girls was an American rock band, formed in 2008. It began as the bedroom recording project of singer and songwriter Dee Dee (née Kristin Gundred). She is currently based in Los Angeles. The name is a double homage to the Vaselines' albu ...

, released on March 30, 2010. The first pressing by

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was released as a 12" vinyl LP with a black-and-white version of the current album art. After the band signed to

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, the album was rereleased later in 2010 on both CD and 12" vinyl with the full colored cover. Three singles were issued from ''I Will Be'': "Jail La La", released by Sub Pop as a 7" single on February 16, 2010; "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout", released as a 7" single on November 23, 2010 by

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; and "It Only Takes One Night", released by Sub Pop as a promo-only CD-R.

Reception

The album received generally positive reviews upon its release. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 23 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".

Legacy

Reflecting on it 10 years later, ''

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''s James Rettig dubbed ''I Will Be'' "a precursor to the summer of 2010's big trend" that included "sunny harmonies and fuzzy distortion" and bands like Best Coast and Wavves. He felt it "worth holding up as an exemplar" of its era's music due to how well it still stood up.

In popular culture

"It Only Takes One Night" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2010 EA Sports video game '' FIFA 11'', while "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2011

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video game ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

Dee Dee Deedee, DeeDee or Dee Dee may refer to: Given name * DeeDee Halleck (born 1940), American media activist * DeeDee Jonrowe (born 1953), American kennel owner and dog musher, three-time runner up in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race * Deedee Mag ...

– vocals, guitar, bass, drum programming * Richard Gottehrer – producer * Alonzo Vargas – mixing

Release history

The first 200 copies of the LP version of the album were released on gold vinyl on

. An undisclosed number of

vinyls were released on blood red and black marbled vinyl.

References

External links

Dum Dum Girls' MySpaceDum Dum Girls on Subpop
{{Authority control 2010 albums Dum Dum Girls albums