Frankie Cosmos – Zentropy
Double Double Whammy, 2014
Frankie Cosmos frontwoman Greta Kline is only 19-years old.
Poor thing, every review is going to shine a spotlight on her youth. I hope she
isn’t made self-conscious by that, because it’s something that informs here
beautiful, ramshackle indie-pop. Though Kline’s studio debut as Frankie Cosmos
barely cracks the 17-minute mark and the songs are almost exclusively a minute
or two long, she gets her point across without bogging her terrific little
songs down. They’re crisp little bundles of bliss akin to the glory days of K
Records. Kline’s voice is that of a more pedestrian Tracyanne Campbell (to the
point where Jenny just started singing Camera Obscura’s “Suspended From Class”
out of nowhere, having only heard me listening to Zentropy in the background), which renders the tracks both lovely
and down to earth. The songs are sweet and sad and about the usual stuff: high
school, love, drama, and a particularly touching ode to a deceased dog. Zentropy is a little joy, a tiny
triumph.
Zentropy
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