Frankie Rose, member of several bands (Vivian Girls,
Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls), released her second solo full length this past
February. Beginning with the S/T, a
drone based track to start that explodes about a minute in expanding into a
furiously driven beat with pounding drums and a cooing Rose layered over them. Following
this “Know Me” begins with a Cut Copy guitar line and quickly takes off and
begins to develop a trademark hazy sound that accompanies the entire
album.
The poppiest song “Daylight/Sky” is coupled with the
most sublime “Pair of Wings;” these two tracks form a distinct centerpiece that
is truly majestic. Pair of Wings opens
with a shoegaze style organ that lazily moves along with Rose’s voice singing
pure poetry: “All that I want is a pair of wings to fly, Into the blue of the
wide open sky, Show me your scars I’ll show you mine, Perched along the city on
a pair of power lines, On clouds I’ll sing and dance, I just might fall but
I’ll take that chance.” As the song grows the organs are multiplied and
increased in volume perfectly as those lines are repeated with an ever expanding
intensity. The emotion emanating from
this song is staggering as the trust and willingness given by Rose feels
sacred, pure; a promise to share secrets, old wounds, and to recover from them
in a magical place.
The rest of the album creeps out from the first half,
always with a pounding drum driving the songs and a twinkling guitar drifting over
the mix. “Moon in My Mind” and “The Fall”
close the album down, each reverb soaked and culminate in a terrific ending to
a terrific album and one of the best I've heard this year.
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