Frankie Cosmos
Close It Quietly
Release Date: Sep 6, 2019
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Record label: Sub Pop
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Album Review: Close It Quietly by Frankie Cosmos
Great, Based on 6 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
The onetime bedroom project of singer/songwriter Greta Kline, Frankie Cosmos made its debut as a four-piece band dozens of albums later with 2018's Vessel, a release that doubled as the project's Sub Pop debut. A year and a half later, Close It Quietly continues on the path set by that album, with a sound reinforced by input from, as opposed to the mere presence of, bandmates (here, drummer Luke Pyenson, keyboardist Lauren Martin, and bassist Alex Bailey). As with all Frankie Cosmos output, the spotlight remains on Kline's endearingly candid confessions and observations thanks in part also to first-time collaborator Gabe Wax (The War on Drugs, Fleet Foxes, Palehound), who engineered and co-produced the album.
Based on rating 8/10
Over the past five years, Frankie Cosmos' name has grown synonymous with the dreamy sound implied by terms like dream-pop or bedroom-pop. Close It Quietly is the fourth studio album by Frankie Cosmos, and adheres to the sound listeners have grown to expect while continuing to evolve and bring new ideas to her discography. The 21-song tracklist allows for the album to have various high points, as new musical concepts come and go. Low tones from guitars and bass blend on "So Blue," while soft vocals wallow in self-pity. The song ….
Based on rating 8/10
Three songs into Frankie Cosmos' latest album, Close It Quietly, Greta Kline asks the million-dollar question: "Does anyone wanna hear the 40 songs I wrote this year?" The answer, of course, is yes. A million times and a million songs yes. In a year marked by release after release of dream-pop covered in layers of gauzy synths and strings, Kline and her cohorts throw out a punched up indie-pop lifeline for those that want it.
Based on rating 7.1/10
Greta Kline's early work as Frankie Cosmos earned the New York songwriter a reputation as a dazzling twee prodigy, a teenager who deftly encapsulated the weighty uncertainties of humanity in two-minute bites of melody. On her EP Fit Me In, the followup to 2014's breakout album Zentropy, she mocked her own press coverage, which seemed more preoccupied with her age then her work: "Have you heard? I am so young. " Every Frankie Cosmos album since has felt like an attempt to take stock of what transpired since Kline's last release, with moving meditations on touring, friendships, and the alienation of being a public-facing figure keen on safeguarding her private life.
Based on rating 7/10
To listen to Frankie Cosmos is to step straight into singer/songwriter Greta Kline's diary. The soft inclines of Kline's vocals and her gently jangling indie-pop riffs draw you calmly under the covers into an introspective land of scribbled poetic musings. The joy? That her ardently subjective lyrics frequently give way to creeping moments of universality.
Based on rating 3.5
Close It Quietly is the fourth studio album, and second through Sub Pop, by Frankie Cosmos, stage alias of Greta Kline. It's an album with a real Nick Cave-esque album opening punch of a lyric “The world is crumbling and I don't have much to say”. This gives a sense that what is coming next is perhaps an album that may have minimal lyrical impact - but this is wrong.
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