Little Music

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Dressy Bessy’s sticky-sweet lo-fi charm makes a singles collection like Little Music an appealing, if somewhat redundant, prospect. After all, Bessy albums such as 2002’s Sound Go Round are already stuffed with would-be singles that bristle with the band’s girlish exuberance. Featuring bubblegum grunge like "Ultra Vivid Color," Little Music plays like a batch of warped Herman's Hermits demos performed by a female-fronted Ramones tribute band. It’s all wrapped up in a familiar layer of ironic hipster-ism, but lead singer/guitarist Tammy Ealom's respect for the material comes through in the sexy, personal lyrics of songs like "Lipstick." Breezy and adorable, Little Music's retro simplicity has the effortless lure of a pastel-colored field of tulips gently listing in the breeze. –Matt! hew Cooke