Different Talking
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| Released | June 27, 2025 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock[1] | |||
| Length | 38:16 | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Producer | Frankie Cosmos | |||
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Different Talking is the sixth studio album by American band Frankie Cosmos, led by Greta Kline. It was released on June 27, 2025, via Sub Pop in LP, CD, cassette and digital formats.[2]
Background
Written, produced and recorded by the band in upstate New York in a house lived in by them, the album was the fourth release through Sub Pop and was preceded by the band's 2022 project, Inner World Peace.[3] Consisting of seventeen tracks, each between one and two minutes, the album was noted as an indie rock album.[1] The first single, "Vanity", was released on April 9, 2025, alongside a music video featuring the band members conducting the recording session of the album.[4][5]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [6] |
| Mojo | [7] |
| Paste | 6.8/10[8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10[9] |
| The Skinny | [10] |
| Spectrum Culture | 79%[11] |
Hot Press described the album as "a sturdy indie-rock record with aging and the passage of time as main themes."[1] It received a four-star rating from AllMusic, whose reviewer Marcy Donelson noted it as "a tight 17-track, 38-minute album that should be welcomed by all fans but especially by millennials (and elder zoomers) aging alongside the beloved songwriter."[6]
Spectrum Culture rated it 79% and referred to it as "a bright, breezy album that picks up its pace often enough to maintain momentum."[11] It was rated 7.5 out of ten by Pitchfork's Marissa Lorusso, who called it "a tribute to holding your younger self with you as you grow."[9] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for Mojo, gave the album a rating of four stars, stating "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."[7]
Sam Rosenberg of Paste gave it a rating of 6.8 and commented, "Without enough substance underneath its affable presentation, Different Talking doesn't feel all that different from what she's done before."[8] The Skinny rated the album three stars, stating "Despite treading familiar territory, Different Talking's soothing melodies are tailor-made to accompany life's quiet corners."[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pressed Flower" | 1:58 |
| 2. | "One of Each" | 1:55 |
| 3. | "Against the Grain" | 2:25 |
| 4. | "Bitch Heart" | 2:24 |
| 5. | "Porcelain" | 2:42 |
| 6. | "One! Grey! Hair!" | 2:01 |
| 7. | "Vanity" | 2:33 |
| 8. | "Not Long" | 1:36 |
| 9. | "Margareta" | 2:08 |
| 10. | "Your Take On" | 1:59 |
| 11. | "High Five Handshake" | 2:47 |
| 12. | "You Become" | 2:46 |
| 13. | "Joyride" | 2:26 |
| 14. | "Tomorrow" | 2:27 |
| 15. | "Wonderland" | 2:06 |
| 16. | "Life Back" | 1:38 |
| 17. | "Pothole" | 1:55 |
| Total length: | 38:16 | |
Personnel
Credits for Different Talking adapted from Bandcamp.[12]
- Greta Kline – songwriting, arrangement, performance, production, recording, additional engineering
- Alex Bailey – arrangement, performance, production, recording, additional engineering
- Hugo Stanley – arrangement, performance, production, recording
- Katie Von Schleicher – arrangement, performance, production, recording, engineering
- Eli Crews – mixing
- Josh Bonati – mastering
- Levi Seitz – lacquer cutting
- Erica Newton – additional hand claps on "Joyride"
- Claudine Jean-Louis – lyric contribution on "High Five Handshake"
- Molly Schaeffer – lyric sheet
- Phoebe Kline – cover photo
- Dusty Summers – album art design
- Darrell Wilks – vinyl and CD label design
References
- ^ a b c Guillot, Jaime (April 10, 2025). "Frankie Cosmos announce new album Different Talking, release new single 'Vanity'". Hot Press. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ Bloom, Madison (April 9, 2025). "Frankie Cosmos Announce New Album Different Talking, Share Video for New Song". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ Jones, Abby (April 9, 2025). "Frankie Cosmos Announces New Album Different Talking: Hear "Vanity"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ Fu, Eddie (April 9, 2025). "Frankie Cosmos announce new album Different Talking, unveil "Vanity"". Consequence. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ Rogers, Karlie (April 10, 2025). "Frankie Cosmos Announces Different Talking, Shares "Vanity"". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Donelson, Marcy. "Different Talking – Frankie Cosmos". AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen (August 2025). "Frankie Cosmos – Different Talking". Mojo. No. 381. Bauer Media Group. p. 78. ISSN 1351-0193.
- ^ a b Rosenberg, Sam (June 25, 2025). "Frankie Cosmos Delivers More of the Same on Different Talking". Paste. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Lorusso, Marissa. "Frankie Cosmos: Different Talking". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Pepin, Juliette (June 23, 2025). "Frankie Cosmos – Different Talking album review". The Skinny. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Hohenstatt, Ben (June 30, 2025). "Frankie Cosmos: Different Talking". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ "Different Talking by Frankie Cosmos". Bandcamp. Retrieved July 6, 2025.