End of Daze

End of Daze
EP by Dum Dum Girls
Released September 25, 2012
Recorded 2012
Genre Indie rock, shoegaze
Length 18:06
Label Sub Pop
Producer Sune Rose Wagner & Richard Gottehrer
Dum Dum Girls chronology

Only in Dreams
(2011)		 End of Daze
(2012)		 Too True
(2014)
Singles from End of Daze
  1. "Lord Knows"
    Released: July 31, 2012[1]

End of Daze is the fourth EP by Dum Dum Girls[2] released September 25, 2012. This was the third Dum Dum Girls release in a row produced by Richard Gottehrer and The Raveonettes' Sune Rose Wagner, and the fourth overall for Gottehrer.

Background

Three songs from the EP - "Mine Tonight", "I Got Nothing" and "Trees and Flowers" - were originally recorded for 2011's Only in Dreams but were put aside for being "too different" and "atmospheric".[3] These songs were intended to be used as B-sides; the cover of Strawberry Switchblade's "Trees and Flowers" was meant to accompany "Bedroom Eyes" on an unreleased 7" single.[4] The remaining songs were recorded a year later in Chelsea, Manhattan.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 74/100[5]
Review scores
Source Rating
Pitchfork Media 8.3/10[6]
Consequence of Sound [7]
Tiny Mix Tapes [8]
NME [9]

The album received generally positive reviews upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74 based on 19 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dee Dee. except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Mine Tonight"   3:26
2. "I Got Nothing"   3:16
3. "Trees and Flowers" (Jill Bryson, Rose McDowall) 4:01
4. "Lord Knows"   4:18
5. "Season in Hell"   3:04
Total length:
 18:06

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Canada September 25, 2012 CD, digital download, LP record Sub Pop
United States

The first 900 copies of the LP version of the album were released on clear vinyl as a "Loser Edition".[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Dum Dum Girls - Lord Knows (Single)". Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dum Dum Girls: End of Daze". Sub Pop Records. Hardly Art Records. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dum Dum Girls - I don't care is just...". Feast of Beast. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Jones, David Allun (18 September 2011). "Dum Dum Girls - Bedroom Eyes". Mixtape Maestro. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 End of Daze [EP - Dum Dum Girls] at Metacritic Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  6. ↑ Zoladz, Lindsay (24 September 2012). "Dum Dum Girls: End of Daze EP, Album Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Mejia, Paula (25 September 2012). "Album Review: Dum Dum Girls – End of Daze EP". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  8. ↑ Agacer, Adrian. "Dum Dum Girls: End of Daze [EP]". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  9. ↑ Stevens, Jenny (21 September 2012). "Dum Dum Girls - 'End Of Daze EP'". NME. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Sub Pop Loser Edition FAQ". Sub Pop. Retrieved 18 September 2011.