Dressy Bessy - Dressy Bessy
by Maarten Schiethart
published: 11 / 4 / 2004
Label:
Kindercore
Format: CD
intro
Lively, but ultimately uninspiring fourth album from long-serving Denver-based indie pop quartet, Dressy Bessy
Slowing down a wee bit on their fourth album, Denver's Dressy Bessy incorporate more sonics. Despite their Sixties' fashioned appearance, the quartet celebrate the pre-grungy aftermath of new wave. Girls put on lipstick then, yet were thoroughly sincere. Dressy Bessy are similarly slightly out of time. Most of this eponymous album is actually quite flat. At their best, Dressy Bessy throw themselves from one corner to the other with the aid of thumping and poppy basslines which leads to a pitched-up clash of melody and riffs. I shan't say what they're like at their worst, since Dressy Bessy do maintain a certain level of quality.
Track Listing:-
1 Just Once More2 The Things That You Say That You Do
3 Baby Six String
4 This May Hurt (A Little)
5 Georgie Blue
6 Girl, You Shout!
7 Hey May
8 New Song (From Me To You)
9 Better Luck
10 Blinktwice
11 Tidy
interviews |
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Interview (2002) |
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| Energetic, fun and playful, Dressy Bessy are about to release their new record 'Sound Go Round' on the Track and Field label. Olga Sladeckova chats to lead singer Tammy Ealon about the group's happy-go-lucky sound |
live reviews |
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Live at the Betsey Trotwood, London |
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| Denver bubblegum pop group Dressy Bessy recently finished a brief tour of Britain. Olga Sladeckova describes the tour's last night at the group's label Track and Field's own pub-club, the Betsey Trotwood, in London. |
reviews |
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Sound Go Round (2002) |
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| "Timeless", but "infectious" second dose of summer pop from Cleveland quartet, Dressy Bessy |
| Pink Hearts Yellow Moons (2002) |
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