Vessel

AlbumMar 30 / 201818 songs, 33m 27s
Indie Pop Twee Pop Bedroom Pop
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7.8 / 10

On Greta Kline’s third official album, pure love, self-loathing, and taxidermied dogs all find their way into her dazzling world of perennially inspired indie pop.

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The Vaccines find a familiar groove on the exuberant Combat Sports, while The Voidz are painfully misguided on the parody-ready Virtue, and, by contrast, Jean Grae & Quelle Chris’ Everything’s Fine crackles with fury and frustration. These, plus Czarface & MF Doom and Frankie Cosmos in this week’s notable new releases.

5 / 10

On their Sub Pop debut, Frankie Cosmos deliver more of the observational, tender songs they have built up a reputation for.

8.5 / 10

Our writers take a look at this week's releases, from the wide-eyed country pop of Kacey Musgraves on 'Golden Hour' to the bare, anti-folk stylings of Mount Eerie on 'Now Only'

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.

8 / 10

On Vessel, Frankie Cosmos's third studio album (and 52nd release overall, if you include the project's bountiful Bandcamp discography), Gret...

7.5 / 10

Greta Kline's musical persona Frankie Cosmos represents the friend you go to for comfort and reassurance; you know she empathizes with all of your highs and lows and has this way of drawing from them the basic existential observations that make you smile

7 / 10

In the time it’s taken you to read this review, Frankie Cosmos will probably have written and recorded an entire album.

9.0 / 10

'Vessel' by Frankie Cosmos: Frankie Cosmos lands the swan dive in our review of 'Vessel'

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The songs never shirk away from presenting imperfection. They embrace it.