{"product_id":"x-communicate-vinyl-lp","title":"X-Communicate: Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes you have to rip it up and start again. It was a tough call for Dee Dee. Dum Dum Girls was her guise for most of a decade, an outlet through which she’s crafted a resonant, instantly identifiable body of work. Over the course of three albums, four EPs, and an array of singles, Dum Dum Girls morphed from the girl-group-gone-bad moves of their 2010 debut, I Will Be, to the plush noir-pop of 2014’s Too True, a dark heart burning bright. But as her music evolved, she found that for many she would be forever refracted through the prism of Dum Dum Girls’ early work: retro-leaning female harmonies, a backdrop of lo-fi, fuzzed up guitars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2015, she decided to shed her skin, ditching Dee Dee for her real name, Kristin, and adding Kontrol. It was a spontaneous idea that resonated. The challenge was to start fresh, go further back into her relationship to music. Sweep all her loves together into one genreless experience. “The first music I felt was mine was classic 80s pop and 90s R\u0026amp;B, from Tiffany, Janet Jackson and Madonna to TLC, SWV, and Aaliyah,” she says. “But for years I was hellbent on the rock'n'roll thing, revering Joan Jett, Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde,\" -- a rebellion against her classical vocal training -- \"but I was like, fuck it, I’m just going to try it all. I’m going to pretend I’m Kate Bush covering Mariah.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRefocused and inspired, Kristin wrote 62 songs, whittled the list to ten for X-Communicate, and finished the album with the help of new producers Kurt Feldman (who had produced her Christmas single a few years back) and Andrew Miller (who played guitar on the first Dum Dum Girls album and had joined the band in its last incarnation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArguably the biggest shift, beyond the music itself, is that as Kristin Kontrol she tells her stories using a sonic palette splashed with bold pop melodies, her vocals showcasing a range hitherto unexplored on record. The songs that emerge from Kristin’s universe -- a menagerie of new wave and R\u0026amp;B, European synth pop, and experimental disco -- are both familiar and unique, using genre rather than adhering to it, with a distinct nod to the present. It may be a leap into the unknown, but “little risk means little reward,” as Karen O once counseled her. \"I feel free. I kind of excommunicated myself. Even if I have to rebuild my whole career, I'd rather work hard then feel stagnant. I feel excited again, and that's priceless.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklisting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.\tShow Me\u003cbr\u003e\n2.\tWhite Street\u003cbr\u003e\n3.\t(Don't) Wannabe\u003cbr\u003e\n4.\tX-Communicate\u003cbr\u003e\n5.\tSkin Shed\u003cbr\u003e\n6.\tDrive the Night\u003cbr\u003e\n7.\tWhat Is Love\u003cbr\u003e\n8.\tFace 2 Face\u003cbr\u003e\n9.\tGoing Thru the Motions\u003cbr\u003e\n10.\tSmoke Rings\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recordstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49981559668978,"sku":"SP1160","price":6.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/1621\/5794\/files\/SharedImage-61256.jpg?v=1787674107","url":"https:\/\/recordstero.shop\/products\/x-communicate-vinyl-lp","provider":"recordstero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}