Close It Quietly
Twenty-one songs from the full band, with Kline's parents guesting on one.
Frankie Cosmos, 2019
- Released
- 6 September 2019
- Label
- Sub Pop
- Producer
- Alex Bailey, Greta Kline, Lauren Martin, Luke Pyenson, Gabe Wax
- Length
- 39:36
Close It Quietly came out on Sub Pop on 6 September 2019 and runs 21 songs. Bailey, Kline, Martin and Pyenson arranged and produced it, with Gabe Wax mixing and also credited as a producer. Kevin Kline plays piano and Phoebe Cates sings harmonies on With Great Purpose. Dominic Coles contributed modular synthesizer to Moonsea and Never Would, and Nate Mendelsohn played saxophone on Even Though I Knew.
Pitchfork's Sasha Geffen called it Kline's fourth studio LP and second Sub Pop release, and heard her staring down her middle twenties, with Windows, Marbles, So Blue and A Joke among the highlights. Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone gave it four stars and called it a tour de force songwriting binge. Metacritic averaged 76, and AllMusic, Exclaim! and The Line of Best Fit were among those to rate it highly.
Track listing
- Moonsea2:02
- Cosmic Shop1:53
- 41st2:06
- So Blue2:20
- A Joke2:21
- Rings (on a Tree)1:44
- Actin' Weird1:10
- Windows2:47
- Never Would1:47
- Self-Destruct0:46
- Wannago3:17
- I'm It2:00
- Trunk of a Tree0:58
- Last Season's Textures2:07
- Even Though I Knew1:32
- UFO1:44
- Marbles2:11
- Did You Find1:15
- A Hit1:27
- With Great Purpose1:23
- This Swirling2:46
Personnel
- Greta Kline vocals, guitar, arrangement, production
- Alex Bailey bass guitar, arrangement, production
- Lauren Martin keyboards, arrangement, production, album cover
- Luke Pyenson drums, arrangement, production
- Gabe Wax mixing, production
- Josh Bonati mastering
- Kevin Kline piano on With Great Purpose
- Phoebe Cates harmonies on With Great Purpose
- Dominic Coles modular synthesizer on Moonsea and Never Would
- Nate Mendelsohn saxophone on Even Though I Knew, engineering assistance
More from Frankie Cosmos
Zentropy (2014), Next Thing (2016), Vessel (2018), Inner World Peace (2022), Different Talking (2025)
Sources
- Close It Quietly, Wikipedia
- Frankie Cosmos: Close It Quietly, Pitchfork (2019-09-09)
- Close It Quietly master release, Discogs
- Frankie Cosmos on KEXP, 2019, KEXP