{"product_id":"frankie-rose-hila","title":"FRANKIE ROSE - Hila","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Frankie Rose album sees her channelling the nuanced darkness of later Coil, at times the pounding EBM-production of Skinny Puppy and the near-spiritual alien-ness of Cocteau Twins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHer sound remains vast and yearning, with gut-punch drums pushing through explosions of colored powder; her voice is a chrome-plated sigh, and her agile melodies soar effortlessly. \u003cstrong\u003e- Pitchfork *BEST NEW MUSIC*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eshe achieves some serious cinematic grandeur. \u003cstrong\u003e- Stereogum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSimply too sublimely crafted to ignore. \u003cstrong\u003e- Consequence of Sound\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA catchy ethereal piece of pop \u003cstrong\u003e- Brooklyn Vegan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRose’s layered, reverb-laden vocals hit like waves of sunlight, warming her lines almost to the point of wordlessness. \u003cstrong\u003e- Paste Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Hila. A record about loss. What persists beyond the range of ordinary perception? The place mourning keeps returning to — not quite transcendence, not quite doubt. The edge of what we can see.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrankie Rose\u003c\/strong\u003e has spent fifteen years building one of the most quietly distinctive bodies of work in American independent music. Bursting out of the shackles of her legacy on 2024’s \u003cstrong\u003eLove As Projection\u003c\/strong\u003e, 2026’s \u003cstrong\u003eHila\u003c\/strong\u003e builds on the muscular, dance-ready songwriting and transcendent melodies to result on Rose’s most exploratory and affecting record of her career. Imbued with yearning melodies and brooding post-punk dynamics, Hila is Frankie Rose at her most impressionistic and expansive.\u003cbr\u003eSelf-produced at her home studio featuring collaborations with drummer \u003cstrong\u003eJustin Welch\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eElastica\/Lush\u003c\/strong\u003e), Hila was recorded following extensive touring with \u003cstrong\u003eThe Jesus \u0026amp; Mary Chain\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSwervedriver\u003c\/strong\u003e. The result is the most confident, searching music Rose has produced; muscular in its production yet emotionally vulnerable in its diffracted neon glow. A record informed by loss and the way grief mutates our senses, it’s fitting that Rose channels the nuanced darkness of later \u003cstrong\u003eCoil\u003c\/strong\u003e, at times the pounding EBM-production of \u003cstrong\u003eSkinny Puppy\u003c\/strong\u003e and the near-spiritual alien-ness of \u003cstrong\u003eCocteau Twins\u003c\/strong\u003e. On Hila, the doors of perception are constantly melting, revealing the porous nature of the seen and unseen. The result is a synesthesia that flips the senses.\u003cbr\u003eIf Love As Projection was an outward-looking record looking to embrace the world, Hila brings the dark cosmos into inner space. Rose’s love for 80s production and soaring melodies remain, they’re cornerstones to her craft after all, but there’s something more assured and gothic underneath the massive waves of sound. Opener \u003cstrong\u003eOlo\u003c\/strong\u003e shimmers into a pulsating, cinematic brooder, Rose’s vocal transcending and swan diving between registers in the chorus breakdowns. First single \u003cstrong\u003eCant Be Wrong\u003c\/strong\u003e serves as a transition from the optimistic pop of Rose’s previous album, introducing a thumping 80s funk rhythm track under the soaring vocal performance. The ebullient \u003cstrong\u003eShadow Twin\u003c\/strong\u003e is that song’s sibling, recalling major label-era \u003cstrong\u003eStrawberry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSwitchblade\u003c\/strong\u003e melancholy mixed with \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Guthrie’s\u003c\/strong\u003e twinkling guitar work.\u003cbr\u003eHila blossoms darkly from here on in, blowing out into a glacial wide-screen sonic dynamic. On \u003cstrong\u003eRainman\u003c\/strong\u003e and the title track the listener is transported to a rain-soaked, nocturnal cityscape ridden with desire, moonlight cutting through blinds, intoxicating chasms without bounds. Rose’s use of saxophone and digital synthesis recalls the nightmusic of Hats-era \u003cstrong\u003eBlue Nile\u003c\/strong\u003e or the more ambient end of \u003cstrong\u003eEmeralds\u003c\/strong\u003e’ catalog. Indeed, in the towering synthetic cello sounds that climb into the mind on Hila, there’s a distinct flavour of the instrumentals on \u003cstrong\u003eBowie\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Low. This is musick to play in the dark, to light the way a little, just enough to trick the senses.\u003cbr\u003eLeading into the strobe-filled haze, single \u003cstrong\u003eManifest\u003c\/strong\u003e pounds forward with a massive Industrial 4\/4 beat and post-punk\/goth musicality, an exercise in unlit ecstasy. For \u003cstrong\u003eBest Of Times\u003c\/strong\u003e, the liberal saxophone passages feel like a suppressed, 80s \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Mann\u003c\/strong\u003e soundtrack with Frankie Rose’s effortless, melodic vocal performance probing, searching for connection. Navigating through the dry, iced landscape into a rising sun, closer \u003cstrong\u003eVelvet Refrain\u003c\/strong\u003e flips the melancholy of the preceding passages. 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