Close It Quietly is a continual reframing of the known. It’s like giving yourself a haircut or rearranging your room. You know your hair. You know your room. Here’s the same hair, the same room, seen again as something new. Close It Quietly takes the trademark Frankie Cosmos micro-universe and upends it, spilling outwards into a swirl of referentiality that’s a marked departure from earlier releases, imagining and reimagining motifs and sounds throughout the album. FC’s fourth studio release is a manifestation of the band’s collaborative spirit: Greta Kline and longtime bandmates Lauren Martin (synth), Luke Pyenson (drums), and Alex Bailey (bass) luxuriated in studio time with Gabe Wax, who engineered and co-produced the record with the band.

Lakatoi is an experimental producer and musician based in Naarm Melbourne. Working on various projects through the years such as Kandere and FAMILI he has been hailed as an innovator who weaves his own unique sound into all he touches. He has performed at several festivals around Australia alongside international acts such as Leonce, Nozinja, Asmara, Lotic, Moor Mother, Elysia Crampton and Gaika.

Simona Castricum is a musician, producer and broadcaster from Narrm, Melbourne. Emerging from Narrm’s underground rave and club scene in the late ’90s, Simona is a former club DJ across three decades. She’s played festivals Strawberry Fields, Pitch renegades and Gaytimes, to clubs Confide, Miscellania, Fantastic, Hugs&Kisses, Pleasure Planet, Bunker, Death Disco, Trough, Abode, Meccanoid, and Q&A.

In 2009, Simona launched The Shock of the New—a trans club space dedicated to electronic music. She has helped to establish queer and trans musical communities in Narrm, playing techno, house, electro and new beat across the eras.

As a broadcaster on commmunity radio 3RRR, Simona champions intergenerational, genre-bending underground and queer music for drive-time.

Signing to Dinosaur City Records in 2023, Simona collaborates to release music independently through her studio, Trans-Brunswick Express.

As a duo with drummer Anetta Nevin (Dianas, Cars That Ate Paris), Simona drives guitar over synths and drum machines. She’s played Golden Plains, Dark Mofo, VIVID, Sydney World Pride, and Melbourne Music Week, supporting Peaches, Drab Majesty, Lydia Lunch, and !!!. Her music has been remixed by Aérea Negrot, Chiara Kickdrum, and Various Asses, while she has remixed for Courtney Barnett, Cong Josie, Pillow Pro, and Hyrda Fashion Week.

Simona has received multiple Music Victoria Award nominations for Best Solo Artist. Her Panic/Desire and SINK albums were long-listed for the Australian Music Prize. SINK also earned a 2024 AIR Award nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Release.

Holding a PhD from the University of Melbourne, Simona was awarded the Chancellor’s Prize and John Grice Award for her thesis ‘What If Safety Becomes Permanent: Architecture & Music as a Site of Transing’. Her research explores world building, trans spatial production, and queer urban morphologies.

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