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For the Dollyrots, the first time was the charm, as the Los Angels-based band's debut, Eat My Heart Out, knocked it right out of the park, with their high-profile TV spots and several weeks on the 206 Vans Warped Tour. Kelly, Luis and Chris are poised to strike even harder with this follow-up full-length. Recorded over the past year with producers Jacques Watt (the Soviettes) and John Fields (who produced the band's debut), Because I'm Awesome promises to pack a more potent punch from start to finish, broadening the Dollyrots scope in both message and music. Watch music video 1 | Watch music video 2 Having generated a significant buzz with their debut on the scrappy indie Lookout Records, the Dollyrots got snagged by Joan Jett and added to her own Blackheart label. Knowing that much about their history, their sophomore album is pretty much what you'd expect: it's the same tight, gleefully snotty bubblegum punk as what you heard on Eat My Heart Out, except maybe just a bit bigger and just a bit sonically fuller this time around -- par for the course when a band like this starts to mature and gets the budget of an established label behind it. If you loved their debut album (and you did), then you'll love Because I'm Awesome at least as much -- in part because of the ironic whimsy of the title track, in part because of the scorched-earth political patter song "A Desperate S.O.S.", in part because of the absolute crunchy perfection of "17", and in part because of the band's exhilarating appropriation of Melanie's 1970 bubblegum classic "Brand New Key". You might lose interest for a minute during the willfully goofy "Cat Calling", but you won't wander very long before being snapped back to attention. And you'll get a big kick out of the two videos included in the CD-R section. Spectacular. ~ Rick Anderson, all media guide

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Tracklist:

01. Because I'm Awesome
02. My Best Friend's Hot
03. Out of L.A.
04. Brand New Key
05. Hysteria
06. Desperate S.O.S.
07. Watch Me Go (Kissed Me, Killed Me)
08. This Crush
09. Cat Calling
10. Seventeen
11. Nobody Wants U
12. Turn You Down
13. Tummy Tum Tum
14. Out of L.A. (TokyoPop Video) #
15. SXSW Video #

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all songs written by Dollyrots except "4" by Melanie Safka
Tracks 1-7, 9, 11 Produced by John Fields
Recorded by Chris Testa & John Fields at The Dog House, Encore B & Big Brown Sound, CA
Mixed by Steven Miller and John Fields
Tracks 3, 8, 12, 13 Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Jacques Wait at Seedy Underbelly, CA
... additional information inside the booklet.

• Kelly Ogden - vocals, bass
• Luis Cabezas - guitar, vocals, piano
• Chris Black - drums (!)

(!) - drums on this recording by Amy Wood.
additional backing vocals by Melanie Cabezas,
Chris Black, Jimmy Coup and Kenny Laguna

Release Date: March 26, 2007
Label: Blackheart Records
Catalog No.: 48337-5302-2