★★★★★
The dog dies at the end. Might as well get that out of the way. The fuzzy little guy on the album cover was named Joe Joe and he was Greta Kline's (AKA Frankie Cosmos) dog. He makes a few appearances on the album, each time Kline pining for his company. Yes this is a pretty depressing album. In the album's minuscule run time Kline is obsessively self-conscious, discusses what art school does to the mind, and, of course, reminisces over Joe Joe...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-04-02
★★★★★
Indie-pop has always privileged shy people who manage their world by making it feel as small as possible. Enter Greta Kline, a 19-year-old who records under the name Frankie Cosmos. Her new album, Zentropy, is 10 songs and less than 20 minutes long, opening with a complaint about art school and closing with the eulogy of a pet dog. In between are explorations of love, aging, and the other intricacies of private life, all rendered with the simplicity of a stick-figure drawing...
- pitchfork.com
2014-03-11
★★★★★
One thing you hear a lot from successful artists is the importance of making work: Make work. Make lots of it. Make it every day -- sketch it, scribble it, jot it down on a napkin. From all that work your voice is going to emerge, and if you're lucky it may just be awesome. Greta Kline -- who performs as Frankie Cosmos -- is lucky. And her debut studio album, Zentropy, is awesome, and it's the result of making tons and tons of work...
- wonderingsound.com
2014-03-13
★★★★★
Since 2009, songwriter Frankie Cosmos has quietly and prolifically released 40 albums, and , the first recorded in a studio, is her best yet. A cursory listen reveals sprightly, concise pop songs, laden with as many melodic hooks as she can fit in under two-and-a-half minutes; listen closer and divulges depth and poignancy that transcend even the Beat Happening comparisons the album has been drawing...
- exclaim.ca
2014-03-21
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