Roadrunner
“No, Virginia” is a clutter of B sides, curios and leftovers. This is a band that encourages obsession along with melodrama. A few songs were recorded during the sessions for the last Dresden Dolls album, “Yes, Virginia,” while others have a recent provenance.
The turbulent choruses, allusive wordplay and pounding piano interludes faithfully hew to the self-defined subgenre Brechtian-punk cabaret. But any humor offered by the Dresden Dolls feels like a weak salve, some token consolation in the face of bitter disappointments.
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– NATE CHINEN
