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Frankie Rose was a key participant in the Brooklyn indie rock universe many years ago, when she did stints in bands like Dum Dum Girls, Vivian Girls, and Crystal Stilts. For way longer than that, though, Rose has been making rapturous, shimmery '80s-style synthpop, and she's very good at it. In recent years, Rose has been a go-to opener for bands like the Jesus And Mary Chain and Swervedriver. Now, she's ready to follow up her 2023 album Love As Projection.
Later this year, Frankie Rose will release her new LP Hila. Rose produced Hila by herself at her home studio, and she got contributions from Lush/Elastica drummer Justin Welch. Lead single "Cant Be Wrong" is exactly as twinkly and atmospheric as you'd hope. (I can only assume that the missing apostrophe is intentional wordplay, not a typo.) Rose recorded a full-album cover of the Cure's Seventeen Seconds in 2019, and "Cant Be Wrong" sounds like the work of someone who would record a full-album cover of the Cure's Seventeen Seconds. That's a good thing. Check out the video and the Hila tracklist below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Olo"
02 "Cant Be Wrong"
03 "Return To Dust"
04 "Shadow Twin"
05 "Rainman"
06 "Hila"
07 "Manifest"
08 "Best Of Times"
09 "TV Star"
10 "Return To Dust"
Hila is out 9/18 on Born Losers in most of the world and Night School in Europe and the UK. Pre-order it here.
Hector Martinon
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