Today, April 3rd, Australian group Girl and Girl has shared a new stand-alone track entitled “Okay.”
 
Frontman Kai James shares on the track, “You give yourself enough time, things will be okay, sometimes not great, or even good, but more often than not, things, at the very least, end up okay. And that’s okay, it’s okay to just be okay. That’s what the song’s about.”
 
The band is currently main support on a North American tour opening for Naked Giants. Their run of shows began on March 26 & 27th at Treefort Festival in Boise, with supporting dates with Naked Giants running from March 29th - April 26th. Ending with 3 headline shows on April 29, 30, and May 1st in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. See below for a complete list of shows.
 

   Fri. Apr. 04 - Toronto, CA - Garrison $
    Sat. Apr. 05 - Montreal, CA -  Bar le Ritz $
    Sun. Apr. 06 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall $
    Wed. Apr. 09 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right $
    Thu. Apr. 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s $
    Fri. Apr. 11 - Washington, DC - DC9 $
    Sat. Apr 12 - Charlotte, NC - Visulite Theatre $
    Sun. Apr 13 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle $
    Mon. Apr 14 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade $
    Wed. Apr 16 - Nashville, TN - Blue Room $
    Fri. Apr 18 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada $
    Sat. Apr 19 - Austin, TX - Empire Control Room $
    Tue. Apr 22 - Tucson, AZ - Hotel Congress $
    Wed. Apr 23 - San Diego, CA - Casbah $
    Thu. Apr 24 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo $
    Fri. Apr 25 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room $
    Sat. Apr 26 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord $
    Tue. Apr 29 - Portland, OR - Polaris Hall
    Wed. Apr 30 - Seattle, WA - Madame Lou’s
    Thu. May 1 - Vancouver, Canada - Fox Cabaret
 
 
$ w/ Naked Giants

 
This new track follows the release of the stand-alone single “The Cow” and the band’s debut full-length Call A Doctor, which Rolling Stone Australia called “emotional mayhem that’s relatable and very catchy.”
  
 
What people are saying about Girl and Girl:
“A fantastic debut from a sparkly and singular new band.” [Call The Doctor] NME
 
 
“A perfect dose of indie – punk rock at its best.” - [“Hello”] Happy Mag
 
“A warped mix of Talking Heads, Rolling Blackouts and bits of post-punk but led by a man with a mullet and one of their aunts plays drums in the band!” - [SXSW Review] BBC 6 Music
 
“Brisbane four-piece Girl and Girl are ones to watch in the world of sharp-tongued raucous-riffed garage rock…Girl and Girl’s all too rare multigenerational collaboration brings a fresh angle on the post-Strokes garage rock sound.” KUTX Radio
 
“Girl and Girl recall the stalwarts of 2010s garage rock, their affinity with jangly guitars and buoyant rhythms undercut by feverishly intense playing and a cloying sense of claustrophobia.” [Call The Doctor] DIY
 
 “…every member of Girl and Girl is too young to have experienced the garage rock revivalism of Y2K firsthand, save Aunty Liss, the drummer who supports her nervy nephews in this band of Australian post-punk traditionalists. Fronted by the wiry Kai James — handsome and jittery, never reclusive — the group treated sacred post-punk texts as if they were a common language when they played the 13th Floor, giving their barbed hooks and sideways riffs real kick. They’re carrying a torch without succumbing to nostalgia or formalism, all because they’re intoxicated by the noise they make.” [Best of SXSW 2024] Rolling Stone

On June 27th, Frankie Cosmos will release their latest long player, Different Talking, available on CD/LP/DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop.
 
Different Talking, the sixth and, so far, best album by NYC indie-rock four-piece Frankie Cosmos, seems to exist across time and space, as we all kind of do. It’s a collection of fragments and memories, remembered places, and reinterpreted feelings that adds up to a lucent, humming whole: a sturdy, worldly indie-rock record about aging and the passage of time that nonetheless manages to feel sharply current.
 
The current configuration of Frankie Cosmos features Greta Kline, Alex Bailey, Katie Von Schleicher, and Hugo Stanley. Kline is the only constant, but Stanley, Bailey, and Von Schleicher are crucial collaborators, and to use the names “Greta Kline” and “Frankie Cosmos” interchangeably would be incorrect. Kline remains the primary songwriter, and the music on Different Talking is arranged by the band as a whole, but this is the first album to be self-tracked by the unit with no external studio producers.
 
Lyrically, Different Talking may be some of Kline’s most insular work, but musically, it’s the most varied and richly textured Frankie Cosmos album, filled with country-fried noodling and tassels of synth and imposing walls of sound. “We’d go to any length to get Greta’s songs right, and she’s generous with songs, so we have a lot of freedom to arrange them,” says Katie Von Schleicher. “It’s a rare talent to have, with rare freedom given, and the course hasn’t changed.”
 
Lead single “Vanity” exemplifies a perfectionist’s approach to production and songwriting: Von Schleicher correctly describes it as “a fucking pop anthem,” but does a pop anthem ever contain this much attention to detail? “Vanity” is spare and busy at the same time, its second-album-Strokes chorus blossoming between passages of minimalist curiosity that recall the earliest Frankie Cosmos tapes. It’s one of the songs on Different Talking that doesn’t have a clear object, perhaps a result of its genesis: “I started writing it one evening while I walked (~6.5 miles) from Tompkins Square Park to Sunset Park, speaking directly to the universe and pleading to be considered by it,” says Kline. “It feels like it encompasses this push and pull between adult and kid, government and governed, planet and blade of grass.”
 
Watch the official video for “Vanity,” which features footage compiled during the recording of Different Talking and filmed by Frankie Cosmos members Greta and Alex. Click here to watch.

Different Talking is now available to pre-order on vinyl/CD/digital formats from Sub Pop. A Loser Edition LP on Opaque Red is available through the Sub Pop Mega Mart (North America) and White Vinyl via the Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU) and your local record store. 
 
More about Frankie Cosmos Different Talking:
Frankie Cosmos lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter Greta Kline has long been heralded as one of contemporary indie music’s most deft and most necessary writers, but on Different Talking, her lyrics soften out slightly, the wry cynicism that defined recent records now giving way to an acknowledgment of the awesome, and necessary, fallibility of the human brain and heart.
 
To classify Different Talking as a return to form, or at least a return to the lush directness of earlier Frankie Cosmos records, would be rude but also wholly incorrect: as Different Talking makes clear, you can never return to the comfort and bravery of your early twenties, but that person always kind of lives inside you, no matter how much you change. Different Talking is about finding that person, honoring them, and learning from them. “A lot of the album is about being grown up and figuring out how to know yourself – like, ‘What is moving on?’” says Kline. “How do we move on when we’re addicted to a cycle of haunting our own past? Writing songs is just the way through that.”
 
Kline has been a fixture of the American indie underground since her late teens when her prolific Bandcamp releases and 2014 indie-label debut Zentropy led her to be dubbed “the poet laureate of New York City DIY.” A tag like that is a lot for young shoulders to take on, but it’s hard to deny the singular influence she has had on contemporary pop music. If the idea of a young woman picking up a synth in her bedroom, putting a couple of songs on the internet, and quickly becoming a superstar is now de rigeur, it’s because Kline – along with a handful of other artists and writers – normalized and exalted ideas of (female) DIY genius long before they were pinned to moodboards in major-label marketing offices (read full bio at Sub Pop).

Frankie Cosmos
Different Talking
 
Tracklisting:
1. Pressed Flower
2. One of Each
3. Against the Grain
4. Bitch Heart
5. Porcelain
6. One! Grey! Hair!
7. Vanity
8. Not Long
9. Margareta
10. Your Take On
11. High Five Handshake
12. You Become
13. Joyride
14. Tomorrow
15. Wonderland
16. Life Back
17. Pothole

Hundreds of impressive applications came across our virtual desks this year, which made finding our Loser Winners no easy task. Our Looser Chooser (TM) scholarship committee spent hours reading through an exceptional bunch of applications and at the end of a very difficult decision-making process, the committee has come up with three ultramega-OK, life-affirming scholarship winners. Congratulations to the winners and a huge, heartfelt thanks to all who took the time to apply, you have inspired us beyond belief!

In no particular order, we are thrilled to present our Loser Scholarship winners:

Blue from Seattle, WA blew (pun intended) us away with their short films and music video. We were inspired by Blue’s ability to break out of conformity and love that they found community in the local punk scene. We can’t wait to one day watch the feature film you will no doubt direct. We know the music in it will be kick-ass! Congratulations Loser!

Kelsey is a musician, artist and self-described “lifelong weirdo” from Portland, OR. Kelsey’s essay was beautifully written and immediately drew us in. We loved Kelsey’s artwork and were impressed with the years of musicianship under her belt. We look forward to seeing what you go on to do. Thanks for sharing your world with us, Loser!

Paloma is photographer from Seattle, WA who has experimented with different techniques and styles over the years. Paloma’s community involvement really inspired us, especially how she uses her photography to document protests and gatherings. We were impressed with how many organizations and events she’s involved with. On top of that, we were especially drawn to her film portraits. Thank you for all you do, Loser!