A few weeks ago, Frankie Cosmos announced their fourth album with a brand new single and video, “Windows“. Described as “a manifestation of the band’s collaborative spirit”, the record was recorded at Brooklyn’s Figure 8 Studios and engineered and co-produced by Gabe Wax. They’re now back with a new song, “Rings (On A Tree)”, which initially appeared in Haunted Items, a digital-only collection of stripped-down songs for the piano that was released earlier this year. The track was re-recorded in a full band configuration for the album.

About the new single, Greta Kline detailed:

[su_quote][It’s] a fictional tale of a breakup from the point of view of a mistress. After I wrote it I realized what it meant to me– even though I’ve never been a mistress, I related to the character from being in a relationship where my feelings weren’t prioritized. I originally wrote it just on piano and released the solo version that way. The band version really takes it somewhere else and felt very collaborative. I love everyone’s parts. Alex wrote the funky guitar part I play in the middle section, based on an idea Luke and Lauren verbalized.[/su_quote]

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Frankie Cosmos will also be on tour very soon. Check their itinerary below:

Sep. 18 – Boston, MA – Royale

Sep. 19 – Burlington, VT – Arts Riot

Sep. 20 – Montreal, QC – L’Astral

Sep. 21 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern

Sep. 22 – Detroit, MI – Deluxx Fluxx

Sep. 23 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall

Sep. 25 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups

Sep. 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall

Sep. 27 – Washington, DC – Black Cat

Sep. 28 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA

Sep. 29 – New York, NY – Webster Hall

Oct. 08 – Munich, DE – Heppel & Ettlich

Oct. 09 – Vienna, AT – Chelsea

Oct. 10 – Prague, CZ – Underdogs’

Oct. 11 – Cologne, DE – MTC

Oct. 12 – Luxembourg, LU – Rotondes

Oct. 13 – Amsterdam, NL – Bitterzoet

Oct. 14 – Paris, FR – Badaboum

Oct. 15 – Reims, FR – La Cartonnerie

Oct. 16 – Brighton, UK – The Haunt

Oct. 17 – Bristol, UK – Exchange

Oct. 19 – Leeds, UK – Belgrave Music Hall

Oct. 20 – Sheffield, UK – Delicious Clam (Sold Out)

Oct. 21 – Manchester, UK – Night & Day

Oct. 22 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall

Oct. 31 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom

Nov. 01 – Tacoma, WA – Alma Mater

Nov. 02 – Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre

Nov. 03 – Seattle, WA – Laser Dome @ Pacific Science Center

Nov. 07 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater

Nov. 08 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge

Nov. 10 – Tucson, AZ – Hotel Congress

Nov. 12 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction

Nov. 13 – San Diego, CA – Che Cafe

Nov. 15 – Los Angeles, CA – 1720

Nov. 16 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre

Frankie Cosmos are what we can call a prolific band. When we started this blog back in 2015, they had just released their debut album Zentropy. Since then, the New York band has already unveiled 4 full-length albums as well as a few EPs on the side. They indeed go faster than us: we still have only one blog. One year after Vessel and a few months after their Haunted Items singles collection, they have now announced a brand new record, Close It Quietly, and shared the lead single “Windows”. For this new project, the band, usually fronted by Greta Kline, will rely more on its other members as longtime bandmates Lauren Martin, Luke Pyenson, and Alex Bailey will contribute more.

Coming with an Eliza Doyle and Greta Kline-directed video, the lead single “Windows” is a song about self-improvement and forgiveness. As Kline explained:

[su_quote]This song takes place during the waiting period of healing, not knowing how to proceed or how to find the path to forgiveness. The inner versus the outer- learning to see yourself as part of the whole. For me the lyrics cover some of the slow movements of relationships, the shifts that occur in ways of thinking over time.[/su_quote]

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