FANG presents...
Artist.......: Frankie Rose
Album........: Cage Tropical
Label........: Slumberland Records
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: SLR226
Source.......: CD (LP)
Rip.date.....: 2017-08-17
Str.date.....: 2017-08-11
Quality......: 247kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://frankierose.info
track title time
1. Love In Rockets 4:04
2. Dyson Sphere 3:20
3. Trouble 4:33
4. Art Bell 2:34
5. Dancing Down The Hall 5:26
6. Cage Tropical 3:49
7. Game To Play 3:37
8. Red Museum 4:04
9. Epic Slack 1:35
10. Decontrol 3:17
Runtime 36:19
Size 64.59
Release Notes:
After spending years as a major presence in BrooklynÆs thriving music scene,
Frankie Rose relocated to her familial home of Los Angeles for 18 months.
FrankieÆs intent was to establish yet another moment in her storied indie rock
mΘtier. Gradually, she found herself short on sleep, funds and optimism. ôI
moved to L.A., drama ensued and I ended up on a catering truck. I was like, how
can this be my life after being a touring musician and living off of music. I
had really lost my way and I thought I was totally done.ö
Through sleepless nights of listening to broadcaster Art BellÆs
paranormal-themed archives, FrankieÆs thoughts had turned to ôwho am I, IÆm not
cut out for this business, itÆs not for me.ö She continues, ôI was literally in
my room in L.A., not knowing how I was going to get out. But out of it all, I
just decided to keep making music, because it is what I love and what I do û
regardless of the outcome.ö
Towards the end of her time spent in Los Angeles, Frankie reached out to Jorge
Elbrecht (Tamaryn, Gang Gang Dance, Violens) and began sketching what became the
basic outline of what felt like a new album. Then, rather fortuitously, Frankie
ended up back in Brooklyn with the realization that ôin the end, IÆm on my own.
I have to do these things on my own.ö
The months that ensued meant basically working with no budget and finding ways
to record in-between days. This time enabled Frankie to experiment musically
with a variety of people that ultimately changed the way she worked. ôI got a
lot of input from people like Dave Harrington (Darkside), who was helpful
reconstructing the songs, adding dynamics and changing up the rhythms.ö
The result of this existential odyssey is Cage Tropical, FrankieÆs 4th album. It
is awash with vintage synths, painterly effects pedals, upside down atmosphere
and reverberating vocals. It evokes a new wave paranormality of sorts that
drifts beyond the songs themselves. ôMy references arenÆt just music,ö says
Frankie, ôI love old sci-fi. They Live is one of my favorite movies ever, same
with Suspiria. 80Æs sci-fi movies with a John Carpenter soundtrack, with silly
synths û that makes it into my file, to the point that IÆll write lyrics
incorporating that kind of stuff. ItÆs in there.ö
Beginning with the shimmery, cinematic and percussive sparkling of the albumÆs
opening track ôLove in Rockets,ö the songÆs refrain of ôa wheel, a wheel of
wasting my life; a wheel, a wheel of wasting my timeö immediately alludes to
those darker circumstances that led to the creative origins of Cage Tropical.
ôItÆs all essentially based on what happened to me in Los Angeles and then a
return to Brooklyn,ö says Frankie. ôMisery turned into something good. The whole
record to me is a redemption record and it is the most positive one IÆve madeö
ôI feel like I am finally free from worrying about an outcome. I donÆt care. I
already lost everything. I already had the worst-case scenario. When that
happens, you do become free. In the end, itÆs about me rescuing myself via
having this record.ö
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