Frankie Cosmos - Vessel (2018) [16.44 FLAC]
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Source: CD (log + cue)
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rate: ~ 900 kbps
Bit Depth: 16
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
01 Caramelize
02 Apathy
03 As Often as I Can
04 This Stuff
05 Jesse
06 Duet
07 Accommodate
08 I'm Fried
09 Hereby
10 Ballad of R & J
11 Ur Up
12 Being Alive
13 Bus Bus Train Train
14 My Phone
15 Cafeteria
16 The End
17 Same Thing
18 Vessel
While Frankie Cosmos architect Greta Kline had been touring with a backing band and recording with guest musicians for a few years before tracking 2018's Vessel, it's her first album to be released officially as a band. It's also the former bedroom project's debut for Sub Pop Records. These details seem to go hand in hand on Vessel, her most assertive-sounding set to date. It follows two other studio-made label releases that in turn followed dozens of home-recorded, self-released collections starting when Kline was in her teens. Approaching her mid-twenties here, she still affects with candid observation, open affection, self-doubt, and self-consciousness, but lyrics reveal moments of self-reliance as well. "When the heart gets too tender/Return it to the sender/Be more centered" precedes the band's entrance over a minute into the opener, "Caramelize."