Frankie Rose
I think we were all knocked out by the Frankie Rose and the
Outs album from 2010, the effortlessness of its gorgeous girl-pop mantras, the
intimate immensity of its Spector-esque walls of reverb, the beauty of a song
sung sweetly over the most graceful two-chord vamps. But are you ready for the
new Frankie Rose? - her transformation into a wholly other kind of pop, the
reverie and revelation of "Interstellar," an album that floats free
of its maker's history - time spent with Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls, Crystal
Stilts, and creator of one of the most breathlessly compelling girl-pop albums
of the past few years - and offers the listener something strangely other, as
alien as it is familiar, as compelling as it is enchanting.
On Interstellar Frankie takes the lessons
learned with her debut album - like reverb as the holy route to pop-grandeur,
scaling a wall of teenage tears - fully digests, and transfers those skills
into the brave new world mapped out by ten new songs. Aided by production ace
Le Chev, remixer supreme for Lemonade, Narcisse, Passion Pit, and Frankie's own
"Candy," Frankie has replaced that reverbed-out classicism with the
confident swagger of a singer and auteur fully aware of how to build the
simplest of pop moves into aching, full-blown melodramas, how to grab hold of
an emotion and ride its darker waves.
"Know Me" is the first single from Interstellar.
It's a gorgeous piece of widescreen pop, dreamy and driving at the same time.
The clean, big hooks bring to mind the best of mid-80s pop -- Smiths, New Order
-- without sacrificing any of Frankie's unique melodic style. It's a single in
the best sense; a three minute gem that perfectly captures the essence of the
new album. Le Chev's remix on the flip side is pure 2012 - a slow-motion house
burner with a tropical vibe and atmosphere to spare. Turn it up and drift away.
FRANKIE ROSE
FEB. 21 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory (Album Release
Show - tix)
Frankie Rose
Know Me single
(Slumberland / Memphis Industries)
Street Date: Jan. 17, 2012
Tracklisting:
1. Know Me
2. Know Me (Le Chev Remix)
Frankie Rose
Interstellar
(Slumberland / Memphis Industries)
Street Date: Feb. 21, 2012 (US) / Mar. 19,
2012 (UK)
Tracklisting:
1. Interstellar
2. Know Me
3. Gospel/Grace
4. Daylight Sky
5. Pair Of Wings
6. Had We Had It
7. Night Swim
8. Apples For The Sun
9. Moon In My Mind
10. The Fall
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