Christina Rosenvinge

Christina Rosenvinge started out her career as half of the Latin-American radio-pop duo Alex and Christina before she left behind stardom to start from scratch in New York City, where she joined forces with Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo. Frozen Pool sounds alternately stripped-down and expansive, with Rosenvinge’s voice providing the disc’s most complex and versatile instrument. She wields her potent weapon with restraint, never allowing her vocals to overpower the songs. Instead, she switches between childish and cosmopolitan, fragile and confident, with her accent adding an endearing inflection to her phrasing. Frozen Pool includes a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Seems So Long Ago, Nancy” and reprises of “White Ape” and “Green Room” from Two Dollar Guitar’s Weak Beats and Lame-Ass Rhymes, on which she sang. However, the real highlight is “Expensive Shoes,” which perfectly condenses the essence of summer into sound.