The cover of the album featured a college snapshot of Dee Dee's mother, who died from cancer in 2010. The record included guest guitarists Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs on "Yours Alone" Dee Dee's ex-husband, Brandon Welchez of Crocodiles, on "Blank Girl" and Andrew Miller on multiple tracks. Gottehrer also co-wrote the early 1960s hit songs " My Boyfriend's Back" and " I Want Candy". Dee Dee produced the record with Richard Gottehrer, who had previously worked with Richard Hell, Blondie, the Go-Gos and the Raveonettes. Pitchfork described the songs as "genuine earworms, both unfailingly hip and often wonderfully associative". ĭum Dum Girls' debut album, I Will Be, was released in March 2010 and was well received by critics. It was followed by an EP on Captured Tracks and a 7" on HoZac Records She quickly gained attention with these releases and signed to Sub Pop in July 2009. The first release under the Dum Dum Girls moniker was a five-song CDR on her own label, Zoo Music, in late 2008.
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