“…The close quarters echo the intimacy of Kline’s early bedroom recordings, but a decade removed from her debut, her twee quirks have hardened into revealing idiosyncrasies… Singing with a sweet weariness, Kline can seem bemused by her melancholia, her resigned acceptance given an appealing warmth by a band whose gentle sway lends her pop miniatures depth.” - [4 out 5] MOJO Magazine
“Greta Kline’s four-piece continue to mature on this thoughtful sixth album, which sees the songwriter wrestle with the growing challenges of life as she enters her early thirties… These issues, dramatic or otherwise, unfold against an exquisitely cute jangle-pop backdrop, where simple, pure melodies meet bracingly short and uncluttered arrangements.” - Uncut Magazine
“Leaning in to the band’s strengths, you can hear aspects of Guided By Voices in their stubborn unwillingness to conform to the rules.” - [“Vanity”] Clash
“Kline’s oeuvre chronicles over a decade’s worth of personal and professional growth, neatly packaged into light-hearted ditties and passionate rock songs” - The Line of Best Fit
“Different Talking brings together soft indie rock influences and sways like the wind on a summer’s day.. An elaborate and well produced collection of songs. Seventeen tracks of hazy alternative anthems” - [4 out of 5] Narc Magazine
Today, June 27th, Frankie Cosmos has released Different Talking, their sixth and, so far, best album from Sub Pop. 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 album includes the previously released singles, “Pressed Flower,”“Bitch Heart” and “Vanity” which Stereogum described as “…bigger and more complex than most of what we’ve heard from Frankie Cosmos in the past, without sacrificing the innate warm, DIY quality of Kline’s songwriting.”
Today, the band has shared one final video, a double video for their songs “One of Each” and “Against The Grain,” which was directed by Matthew Volz. Watch here.
As previously announced, the band will embark on a World Tour, with North American dates scheduled to run from September 3 to October 25. Fantasy Of A Broken Heart and Moontype will support the first leg, from September 3 to September 20, and Chris Cohen & Emily Yacina will support the second leg, from October 9 to October 25. The band will then return to the UK and EU for 7 shows with Babehoven on main support. See below for a complete list of shows.
North America: Sat. Jul. 26 - Teulon, MB - Real Love Summer Fest Wed. Sep. 3 - Kingston, NY - Tubby’s # Thu. Sep. 4 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts # Fri. Sep. 5 - Washington, DC - Black Cat # Sat. Sep. 6 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy # Mon. Sep. 8 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl # Tue. Sep. 9 - Nashville, TN - Blue Room # Thu. Sep. 11 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon # Fri. Sep. 12 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity # Sat. Sep. 13 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall # Sun. Sep. 14 - Detroit, MI - El Club # Mon. Sep. 15 - Toronto, Canada - Great Hall # Tue. Sep. 16 - Montreal, Canada - Bar le Ritz # Thu. Sep. 18 - Portland, ME - Space Gallery # Fri. Sep. 19 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall # Sat. Sep. 20 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg # Thu. Oct. 9 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room @ Fri. Oct. 10 - San Diego, CA - Quartyard @ Sat. Oct. 11 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets Pioneertown @ Mon. Oct. 13 - Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell @ Tue. Oct 14 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club @ Fri. Oct. 17 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile @ Sat. Oct. 18 - Tacoma, WA - The Spanish Ballroom @ Sun. Oct. 19 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom @ Tue. Oct. 21 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s @ Wed. Oct. 22 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall @ Thu. Oct. 23 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Club Atrium @ Fri. Oct. 24 - Ojai, CA - Deer Lodge @ Sat. Oct. 25 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom @
UK/EU Sat. Nov. 15 - Dublin, IE - Button Factory $ Mon. Nov. 17 - Manchester, UK - YES (Pink Room) $ Tue. Nov. 18 - London, UK - Electric Brixton $ Fri. Nov. 21 - Paris, FR - Maroquinerie $ Sat. Nov. 22 - Amsterdam, NL - Bitterzoet Sun. Nov. 23 - Brussels, BE - Botanique $ Tue. Nov. 25 - Berlin, DE - Lido $ # Fantasy Of A Broken Heart & Moontype @ w/ Chris Cohen & Emily Yacina $ w/ Babehoven
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
Today, June 4th, Frankie Cosmos has shared an official video for the album opener, “Pressed Flower,” off the group’s forthcoming long-player, Different Talking, available worldwide on June 27th. Directed by Adam Kolodny, the video stars comedy icon Tracey Ullman alongside the band and others.
Frankie Cosmos’s frontperson, Greta Kline, shares, “It’s a dream come true to have Tracey Ullman star in this video. She’s the funniest person I know, and brings love, depth, and care to every character she plays. Getting to play dress-up with her and find this Manhattanite havoc-wreaker character was a blast. The Director, Adam Kolodny, brought the perfect framework to our crazy concept. This song, for me, is about figuring out who you are, moving on while looking back, and feeling the effects of memories on locations. The video is about someone running around NYC in a disguise, causing a chaotic chain of events for the locals (played by my band).”
Different Talking is the band’s sixth and, so far, best album. 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 band arranges the music on Different Talking as a whole; however, this is the first album to be self-tracked by the unit, with no external studio producers.
“Pressed Flower” follows the previously released singles “Bitch Heart” and “Vanity” which Stereogum described as “…bigger and more complex than most of what we’ve heard from Frankie Cosmos in the past, without sacrificing the innate warm, DIY quality of Kline’s songwriting.”
The band has announced a World Tour, with the North American dates beginning on September 3 and running through October 25. Fantasy Of A Broken Heart and Moontype will support the first leg, from September 3 to September 20, and Chris Cohen & Emily Yacina will support the second leg, from October 9 to October 25. The band will then return to the UK and EU for 7 shows with Babehoven on main support. See below for a complete list of shows.
North America: Sat. Jul. 26 - Teulon, MB - Real Love Summer Fest Wed. Sep. 3 - Kingston, NY - Tubby’s # Thu. Sep. 4 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts # Fri. Sep. 5 - Washington, DC - Black Cat # Sat. Sep. 6 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy # Mon. Sep. 8 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl # Tue. Sep. 9 - Nashville, TN - Blue Room # Thu. Sep. 11 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon # Fri. Sep. 12 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity # Sat. Sep. 13 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall # Sun. Sep. 14 - Detroit, MI - El Club # Mon. Sep. 15 - Toronto, Canada - Great Hall # Tue. Sep. 16 - Montreal, Canada - Bar le Ritz # Thu. Sep. 18 - Portland, ME - Space Gallery # Fri. Sep. 19 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall # Sat. Sep. 20 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg # Thu. Oct. 9 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room @ Fri. Oct. 10 - San Diego, CA - Quartyard @ Sat. Oct. 11 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets Pioneertown @ Mon. Oct. 13 - Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell @ Tue. Oct 14 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club @ Fri. Oct. 17 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile @ Sat. Oct. 18 - Tacoma, WA - The Spanish Ballroom @ Sun. Oct. 19 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom @ Tue. Oct. 21 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s @ Wed. Oct. 22 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall @ Thu. Oct. 23 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Club Atrium @ Fri. Oct. 24 - Ojai, CA - Deer Lodge @ Sat. Oct. 25 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom @
UK/EU Sat. Nov. 15 - Dublin, IE - Button Factory $ Mon. Nov. 17 - Manchester, UK - YES (Pink Room) $ Tue. Nov. 18 - London, UK - Electric Brixton $ Fri. Nov. 21 - Paris, FR - Maroquinerie $ Sat. Nov. 22 - Amsterdam, NL - Bitterzoet Sun. Nov. 23 - Brussels, BE - Botanique $ Tue. Nov. 25 - Berlin, DE - Lido $ # Fantasy Of A Broken Heart & Moontype @ w/ Chris Cohen & Emily Yacina $ w/ Babehoven
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
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
Today, May 7th, Frankie Cosmos have shared an official video for their emotive new single “Bitch Heart.” Director, Eliza Lu Doyle shares about the song/video: “To me the song is about being torn between the comforts of domesticated life and your innate wildness. There’s a yearning for a more feral time––before you touched your fucking phone all day. So we made Greta into a dog-shepherd, someone who straddles those two realms. Meanwhile the band performs a line dance that’s somehow constrained and exuberant at once. Everything is shot in the dark using infrared and thermal cameras, hovering in the not-quite-real.”
Frankie Cosmos has announced a World Tour in support of the groups forthcoming long player Different Talking available World-Wide on CD/LP/DSP on June 27th via Sub Pop. The North American dates will begin on Sep. 03 and go through Oct. 25. Fantasy Of A Broken Heart and Moontype are supporting the first leg, Sep.03 -Sep. 20th, and Chris Cohen & Emily Yacina will support the second leg Oct. 09-Oct. 25th. The band will then return to the UK/EU for 7 shows with Babehoven on main support. See below for a full list of shows.
North America: Sat. Jul. 26 - Teulon, MB - Real Love Summer Fest Wed. Sep. 3 - Kingston, NY - Tubby’s # Thu. Sep. 4 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts # Fri. Sep. 5 - Washington, DC - Black Cat # Sat. Sep. 6 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy # Mon. Sep. 8 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl # Tue. Sep. 9 - Nashville, TN - Blue Room # Thu. Sep. 11 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon # Fri. Sep. 12 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity # Sat. Sep. 13 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall # Sun. Sep. 14 - Detroit, MI - El Club # Mon. Sep. 15 - Toronto, Canada - Great Hall # Tue. Sep. 16 - Montreal, Canada - Bar le Ritz # Thu. Sep. 18 - Portland, ME - Space Gallery # Fri. Sep. 19 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall # Sat. Sep. 20 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg # Thu. Oct. 9 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room @ Fri. Oct. 10 - San Diego, CA - Quartyard @ Sat. Oct. 11 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets Pioneertown @ Mon. Oct. 13 - Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell @ Tue. Oct 14 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club @ Fri. Oct. 17 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile @ Sat. Oct. 18 - Tacoma, WA - The Spanish Ballroom @ Sun. Oct. 19 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom @ Tue. Oct. 21 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s @ Wed. Oct. 22 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall @ Thu. Oct. 23 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Club Atrium @ Fri. Oct. 24 - Ojai, CA - Deer Lodge @ Sat. Oct. 25 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom @
UK/EU Sat. Nov. 15 - Dublin, IE - Button Factory $ Mon. Nov. 17 - Manchester, UK - YES (Pink Room) $ Tue. Nov. 18 - London, UK - Electric Brixton $ Fri. Nov. 21 - Paris, FR - Maroquinerie $ Sat. Nov. 22 - Amsterdam, NL - Bitterzoet Sun. Nov. 23 - Brussels, BE - Botanique $ Tue. Nov. 25 - Berlin, DE - Lido $ # Fantasy Of A Broken Heart & Moontype @ w/ Chris Cohen & Emily Yacina $ w/ Babehoven
Different Talking, the sixth and, so far, best album by NYC indie-rock four-piece Frankie Cosmos, exists across time and space, as we all 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.
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
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
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
Today, September 11th, Sub Pop recording artist Frankie Cosmos has teamed up with Australian indie rock outfit Good Morning to release a version of Margo Guryan’s classic song, “Take a Picture.” This cover is featured on the 12-song compilation Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan, which will be released worldwide on November 8th. A portion of proceeds from this album will be donated to a nonprofit that provides and advocates for affordable reproductive health services.
Greta Kline of Frankie Cosmos shares: “I first heard Margo Guryan on a playlist by Everyday Oil (yes, a playlist by a face oil) a few days before she passed away. I ended up getting into ‘Take A Picture’ and ‘27 Demos’ during the late fall of 2021 while we were mixing “Inner World Peace.’ I specifically remember Alex driving us through Brooklyn on a rainy November evening to Nate and Katie’s house (where they were finishing mixing), and we were talking about how great ‘Take A Picture’ sounded. Maybe not a specific mixing reference, but it was definitely in the air while we were working.
“I remember feeling like I was the last person to learn about Margo Guryan. I’d like to think that every time someone uncovers Margo Guryan, they start to piece together how many of their friends already know and love her songs. Hopefully, more people will learn about her music and listen to her records, and I’m happy to be part of that with this compilation!”
Frankie Cosmos is currently working on a follow-up to their 2022 release, Inner World Peace. The band is confirmed to perform five SOLD OUT shows, September 14th-19th at Webster Hall, opening for their fellow compilation-mate Clairo in NYC. Frankie Cosmos will then embark on a 17-date run, with Cavetown through the northeast, midwest, and south, ending on November 14th at the Paramount in Huntington, NY. See below for a complete list of shows.
Sat. Sep. 14 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall $ Sat. Sep. 15 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall $ Tue. Sep. 17 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall $ Wed. Sep. 18 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall $ Thu. Sep. 19 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall $ Thu. Oct. 24 - Albany, NY - The Egg % Fri. Oct. 25 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall % Sat. Oct. 26 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground % Sun. Oct. 27 - Portland, ME - State Theatre (ME) % Mon. Oct. 28 - Syracuse, NY - The Song & Dance Tue. Oct. 29 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE % Wed. Oct. 30 - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live! % Thu. Oct. 31 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle Fri. Nov. 01- Madison, WI - The Sylvee % Sat. Nov. 02 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore % Mon. Nov. 04 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works % Tues. Nov. 05 - Chattanooga, TN - Firepole Concerts Wed. Nov. 06 - Oxford, MS - Proud Larry’s Thu. Nov. 07 - New Orleans, LA - Joy Theater % Fri. Nov. 08 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City % Sat., Nov. 09 - Columbia, SC - The Senate % Mon. Nov. 11 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz % Tue. Nov. 12 - Norfolk, VA - The Annex Wed. Nov. 13 - Richmond, VA - The National % Thu. Nov. 14 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount %
$ w/ Clairo % w/ Cavetown
Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan is now available to preorder from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (North America), Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), and independent retailers worldwide will receive the limited Loser edition on Opaque Red vinyl (while stock lasts!).
Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan Launch is now available to preorder from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (North America), Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), and independent retailers worldwide will receive the limited Loser edition on Opaque Red vinyl (while stock lasts!).
Various Artists Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan
Tracklisting: 1. Sunday Morning (TOPS) 2. Sun (Rahill) 3. Love Songs (Clairo) 4. Thoughts (June McDoom) 5. Don’t Go Away (MUNYA | Kainalu) 6. Take a Picture (Frankie Cosmos |Good Morning) 7. What Can I Give You (Kate Bollinger) 8. Think of Rain (Pearl & The Oysters) 9. Can You Tell (Bedouine | Sylvie) 10. Someone I Know (Empress Of) 11. Love (Barrie) 12. California Shake (Margo Price)
Sometimes music seems to come from an undefinable source, appearing in your mind as though sent from a place outside of yourself. Other times it comes from your friend’s brain while you are sitting right next to them, and it still somehow feels like your own.
haha same, the new project from Greta Kline of Frankie Cosmos and Cody Fitzgerald of Stolen Jars, is an effortless collaboration between friends. Filled with warmth, energy, and just a tinge of darkness, their singles “Guess What To Do” and “Calling It A Night” are a true mix of their distinct musical styles. Fitzgerald’s indie-pop production style marries perfectly with Kline’s particular lyrical sensibility, grasping for an understanding of the world at large by focusing in on the smallest moments. It all comes together to give haha same a sound all their own.
“A word that kept coming up when we talked about collaborating was ‘easy’,” says Kline of the songwriting process, “we bounced sonic ideas around and got excited about little details. Sometimes Cody would be laying down a part in the song and I’d be sitting on the floor with his dog Moon, writing lyrics. Then we kind of unfolded the stories behind the songs together, asking questions and clarifying the meanings behind each line.”
“Yeah exactly,” notes Fitzgerald, “over the course of a couple hours these songs felt like they had fallen out of our brains fully formed. At the end of the day, these songs are about extremely particular, but very relatable moments in life. So just like we did when we were writing them, we hope that everyone who listens to them will have that same moment of recognition and maybe even find themselves saying the words ‘haha same.’”
En Attendant Ana is a Paris-based indie pop band formed in 2014 and known for their jangly guitars, catchy hooks, layered melodies and poetic lyrics that gravitate around Margaux Bouchaudon’s vocals. They burst onto the international scene with their debut album Lost and Found on Chicago’s Trouble in Mind label, which led to a U.S. tour in 2018.
Their second album Juillet has a similar energy, but sees the band make an artistic shift from the lo-fi references of their debut to more sophisticated songwriting. Released just before the lock-down, the album was critically acclaimed but never got the chance to be fully presented live by the band, who are known for their raw, emotional, captivating, and honest live performances.
In 2023, En Attendant Ana (Margaux Bouchaudon, Camille Fréchou, Maxence Tomasso, Vincent Hivert et Adrien Pollin) returned with a third album entitled Principia, widely considered their best work to date, which saw them travel the world on an impressive world tour. The album, said to nod to ’90s British indie, jazz, Krautrock and French pop, has been very well received, both by the media, who have placed Principia on numerous year-end lists (here’s TIME…), and by the band’s ever-growing audience. Here at Sub Pop we’re altogether crazy about them.
En Attendant Ana’s UK tour schedule for 2024 begins Tuesday, April 2nd in Kalsruhe, DE at Kohl, and runs through June 14th in Southend, UK at Twenty-One Arts. A full list of dates are below.
Tue. Apr. 02 - Kalsruhe, DE - Kohl Wed. Apr. 03 - Stuttgart, DE - Merlin Thu. Apr. 04 - Nuremberg, DE - Soft Spot Fri. Apr. 05 - Berlin, DE - Schokoladen Sat. Apr. 06 - Hannover, DE - Feinkost Lampe Sun. Apr. 07 - Hambourg, DE - Nachtasyl Mon. Apr. 09 - Amsterdam, NL - Toekomstmuziek Wed. Apr. 11 - Liège, BE - Kultura Fri. May 17 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape (One Church) Sat. May 18 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape (Patterns) Sun. May 19 - Coventry, UK -Just Dropped In Records Mon. May 20 - Newcastle, UK - Cumberland Arms Tue. May 21 - Hull, UK - Polar Bear Music Club Wed. May 22 - Glasgow, UK - Mono Thu. May 23 - Liverpool, UK - Kazimier Stockroom Fri. May 24 - London, UK - Dot to Dot Party (Oslo) Sat. May 25 - Bristol, UK - Dot to Dot festival Sun. May 26 - Nottingham, UK - Dot to Dot festival Fri. Jun. 14 - Southend, UK - Twenty-One Arts
You can still subscribe to the Sub Pop Singles Club Vol. 8 to get all twelve super-limited 7” vinyl records featuring exclusive music by today’s finest musicians! It’s limited to a mere 835 subscriptions because it’s volume 8, and 2023 marked Sub Pop’s 35th birthday! You’ll get the aforementioned 7”s from En Attendant Ana and haha same, along with singles from Mary Jane Dunphe, Vanishing Twin, SUNN O))), Telehealth, Thrash Palace (feat. EMA, Vice Cooler, Sarah Register), Gaye Su Akyol, Jessica Winter & Jonathan Snipes, Margaritas Podridas, Brontez Purnell, and Suki Waterhouse (which includes her collaboration with Belle & Sebastian).
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