Frankie Rose and the Outs: Frankie Rose and the Outs | CD review

(Memphis Industries)Frankie Rose is the binding agent of Brooklyn's indie pop microscene, having played with Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls and Crystal Stilts. She's given up drumming for singing now, but she's still hanging round with the same crowd: the Velvet Underground, Phil Spector, the Jesus and Mary Chain, 60s garage. She's also spoken of listening to Spacemen 3 while making the album, and that's most evident in the exquisite, gradual layering of the hymnal opener, Hollow Life. Nevertheless...

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