Greta Kline never expected to be here. In 2009, at age 15, Kline began writing and recording music in her bedroom as catharsis, just another way to pass the time following otherwise dreary school days. But five years and more than 40 Bandcamp releases later, the indie DIY singer/songwriter has gone from recording her adolescence online via indie-pop/anti-folk snippets to releasing “Zentropy”, her first studio album, under the Frankie Cosmos moniker.
Kline is a rapid-fire writer of her songs, few of which stretch to the two-minute mark. She suggests this habit comes from her complete contentedness to forgo the standard verse/chorus/verse structure. If a catchy indie song can leave a listener agonizing for a few more precious seconds, mission accomplished. “Zentropy” de facto single “Birthday Song” best showcases how infectious melodies can so satisfyingly blend with the singer’s acerbic assessments of city life, all usually in the span of 70 seconds.
“I don’t purposefully make them short,” she explains. “I think the more stuff life puts on your plate, the less time you have to reflect and think about what you’re taking in. That’s why I love short stories. I actually did manage to read [Saul Bellow’s]Seize the Day, which was really good. But it’s hard when you’re busy. Everything I do, whether it’s reading or thinking of music, I have to base off of how much time I’ll be spending in a car or on a subway.”
So what’s in store for the 19-year-old Manhattan native beyond “Zentropy” Kline’s true aspirations are in the recording studio, but she makes a special note on the importance of preserving her lo-fi demos along the way.
“I really love the idea of archiving everything I make. It’s like a journal for me, so I’m not going to omit anything. I guess I’m kind of embarrassed at [some of my earliest work], but I would never take it down out of shame because I really think it’s cool to see the process of how I’ve changed. It’s something I’d like everybody else to see, too.
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