Frankie Cosmos scores big with new album, ‘Vessel’

Frankie Cosmos built a small cult-following with their DIY bedroom-based recordings. After bursting into the Brooklyn music scene with their 2014 studio debut, Zentropy, 24-year-old songwriter, Greta Kline, started to gain recognition for her lyricism, drawing inspiration from the poetry of Frank O’Hara.

Now, the talented young performer is back with an all-new album, Vessel, her first from Sub-Pop Records. Much like the band’s earlier independent releases, their latest project channels a more stripped-down, indie-pop sound that has become somewhat of a signature style. It is the embodiment of the many changes that have happened in her life as a result of her music and others that remain irrevocable.

The album opens with “Caramelize,” a quirky power-pop track that really outlines the musical progression of the former Porches bassist and emerging anti-folk heroine. She follows with her introspective single, “Apathy,” within which she confronts her own insecurity and the distant feelings with those she once had a close relationship with.

Her lead single, “Jesse,” touches on the stark realizations and personal epiphanies that many of us have experienced in our lifetimes, through her own subconscious thoughts and dreams. Another noteworthy track, “Accommodate” delves into the duality of living in a community…