Until The Sun Comes Down

Frankie Rose “Gospel/Grace”

Jayson Greene hears the Cure, Laurie Anderson and M83 in Frankie Rose’s second album, and I suppose that’s all there, but the best tracks sound more like a restrained, Yo La Tengo-ish gloss on Fleetwood Mac to me. Not all Fleetwood Mac, but the hazy harmonies and melancholy tone of hits like “Dreams” and “Hold Me.” (Two of the best rainy day songs ever recorded, by the way!) Rose’s voice is somewhere in the space between Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie’s respective affects, and though she doesn’t match their skill as songwriters and she certainly doesn’t have a genius like Lindsey Buckingham arranging her material, she is nevertheless quite good at building simple strands of melody to a gorgeous climax, particularly in “Gospel/Grace.” There’s not much gospel in this song, but there’s certainly a peaceful grace in its steady beat and gentle washes of sound.

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