Greta Kline's Frankie Cosmos have returned with plans for their first new album since 2019's Close It Quietly. They'll deliver Inner World Peace on October 21 through Sub Pop, and today, they've shared lead single "One Year Stand" alongside some characteristically twee visuals.
"To me, the album is about perception. It's about the question of 'who am I?' and whether or not the answer matters," Kline said of the record in a statement.
The vocalist continued:
It's about quantum time, the possibilities of invisible worlds. The album is about finding myself floating in a new context. A teenager again, living with my parents. An adult, choosing to live with my family in an act of love. Time propelled us forward, aged us, and also froze. If you don't leave the house, who are you to the world? Can you take the person you discover there out with you?
Kline shared the following of the accompanying music video directed by Eliza Lu Doyle, in which she co-stars alongside fellow Cosmos member Alex Bailey:
This music video was created with my best friend Eliza, who makes video and performance art. It feels like an encapsulation of the record in that it's strange and vast while also being contained and interior. Clowning and playing are a huge part of collaborating for me and Eliza. We wanted to perform a dance without dancing — the kind of movements you fall into in private, banal moments, playing without even realizing. Choreographing together felt like we were in 6th grade again, all id and giggles. The album and the video were made in these environments of love and pleasure.
Watch that video below, where you'll also find the album's tracklisting.
Inner World Peace:
1. Abigail
2. Aftershook
3. Fruit Stand
4. Magnetic Personality
5. Wayne
6. Sky Magnet
7. A Work Call
8. Empty Head
9. Fragments
10. Prolonging Babyhood
11. One Year Stand
12. F.O.O.F.
13. Street View
14. Spare the Guitar
15. Heed the Call
Pre-order Inner World Peace.
"To me, the album is about perception. It's about the question of 'who am I?' and whether or not the answer matters," Kline said of the record in a statement.
The vocalist continued:
It's about quantum time, the possibilities of invisible worlds. The album is about finding myself floating in a new context. A teenager again, living with my parents. An adult, choosing to live with my family in an act of love. Time propelled us forward, aged us, and also froze. If you don't leave the house, who are you to the world? Can you take the person you discover there out with you?
Kline shared the following of the accompanying music video directed by Eliza Lu Doyle, in which she co-stars alongside fellow Cosmos member Alex Bailey:
This music video was created with my best friend Eliza, who makes video and performance art. It feels like an encapsulation of the record in that it's strange and vast while also being contained and interior. Clowning and playing are a huge part of collaborating for me and Eliza. We wanted to perform a dance without dancing — the kind of movements you fall into in private, banal moments, playing without even realizing. Choreographing together felt like we were in 6th grade again, all id and giggles. The album and the video were made in these environments of love and pleasure.
Watch that video below, where you'll also find the album's tracklisting.
Inner World Peace:
1. Abigail
2. Aftershook
3. Fruit Stand
4. Magnetic Personality
5. Wayne
6. Sky Magnet
7. A Work Call
8. Empty Head
9. Fragments
10. Prolonging Babyhood
11. One Year Stand
12. F.O.O.F.
13. Street View
14. Spare the Guitar
15. Heed the Call
Pre-order Inner World Peace.
