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Mar 30, 2018It’s the fuller pieces that really make you want to keep coming back.
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Mar 30, 2018Some of her ditties don’t even top a minute, as in the appealing piano plinks of “Ur Up,” and some of her rhyme schemes can get a bit laborious.
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Mar 29, 2018While the band's involvement, particularly more active drums, help the sound lean forward, Frankie Cosmos' essential musical qualities remain: hooky melodies, a disarming lyrical style, and impressive efficiency (Vessel's 18 tracks clock in at 33 minutes).
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Mar 29, 2018Vessel is not the first album I would suggest to an uninitiated Frankie Cosmos fan. Still, as with any great book or television series, you want to continue following along, even if the best place to start is at the beginning.
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Mar 28, 2018Vessel is a return to form for Kline: bringing the sincerity that was threaded throughout her Bandcamp releases to the forefront once again.
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Mar 28, 2018Vessel reveals progress and maturity for Kline and her pals but still houses tiny parcels of vulnerable inner thoughts, the types of things you would be nervous to confess, found in love letters slipped into a desk.
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Q MagazineMar 27, 2018Kline's disclosures are striking because they feel genuinely homespun, less rallying cry than cheery counsel from a friend perched on your bed. [May 2018, p.107]
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UncutMar 27, 2018There's great charm to these yearning tunes. [May 2018, p.28]
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Mar 27, 2018With a staggering 18 songs, Vessel may appear daunting at first, but quickly proves itself to be a sharp and smooth listen.
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Mar 27, 2018Kline’s lyrics, underscored by offbeat, Phil Elverum-like vocal delivery, teeter on an exquisite line between goofiness and sharp honesty, mundanity and magic. In the end, it comes down hard on the side of magic.
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