Frankie Rose continues shirking the garage rock mantle she had cultivated from her Vivian Girls/Dum Dum Girls days on latest record Herein Wild. But unlike last year's Interstellar, this record seems to have stalled in ideas and verve. You For Me is an entrancing intro, and the retro sheen of Street Of Dreams segues into a Blondie-esque breakdown, but the majority of tracks here slide into a mid-tempo dream pop mould which in this day and age is a well-worn path. Rose still has the melodies, but needs some spark to truly get wild.
