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Haunted Items

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Haunted Items
A series of simple line drawings of mundane items such as a sweater and a skillet
Cover to Haunted Items #1, other EPs have the same items in a different arrangement
EP by
Released2019
StudioThe Creamery
GenreIndie rock[1]
LanguageEnglish
LabelSub Pop
Producer
Frankie Cosmos chronology
Vessel
(2018)
Haunted Items
(2019)
Close It Quietly
(2019)

Haunted Things is a series of four extended plays by American indie pop artist Frankie Cosmos.

Reception

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Writing for Pitchfork Media, Arielle Gordon rated this EP series 7.6 out of 10, noting that these songs were composed on piano, which is a novelty for this musical act, and results in "an affectation that plays out in the small rhymes and repetitions that punctuate the EPs".[2] In 34th Street Magazine, Julia Davis wrote that band leader Greta Kline "has mastered indie rock" with this series.[1] Discussing the first release for Paste, Clare Martin notes the sparse instrumentation and considers the music "almost Joni Mitchell-esque" and the group "wield vulnerability like a weapon".[3]

Track listing

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All songs written by Greta Kline

EP #1, released March 13, 2019

  1. "Dancing" – 1:41
  2. "Tunnel" – 1:52

EP #2, released March 20, 2019

  1. "February" – 1:41
  2. "In the World" – 1:24

EP #3, released March 27, 2019

  1. "String" – 0:42
  2. "Eternal" – 2:46

EP #4, released April 3, 2019

  1. "Rings on a Tree" – 1:46
  2. "Allowed" – 0:44
  3. "Today's Special" – 0:58

Personnel

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  • Greta Kline – piano, vocals, production, artwork
  • Bridget Beorse – compositing
  • Josh Bonati – mastering
  • Eliza Doyle – photography
  • Lauren Martin – font
  • Mark Yoshizumi – engineering, production

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Davis, Julia (April 22, 2019). "Frankie Cosmos Turns the Mundane into Magic on 'Haunted Items'". 34th Street Magazine. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  2. ^ Gordon, Arielle (April 9, 2019). "Frankie Cosmos: Haunted Things". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Martin, Clare (March 19, 2019). "Frankie Cosmos Announce Weekly Releases for Haunted Items Project, Leading with Two New Singles". Paste. Retrieved June 10, 2023.