Over the past decade, Greta Kline has expanded her solo musical alter ego Frankie Cosmos to a full band and, with her sixth album, developed a style and sound that retains the intimate bedroom-pop quality of her beginnings but is also fuller, richer, bigger. While Kline is the chief songwriter on Different Talking, it's a group effort—to the point that there are no external producers. Bassist Alex Bailey, drummer Hugo Stanley and keyboardist Katie Von Schleicher understand Kline's mission and don't push the songs to be something they're inherently not.

The Shadow of the Guest is a dreamy, slightly uncanny reimagining of their critically acclaimed 2023 album Sit Down for Dinner. Enlisting the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, the album offers newly expanded versions of multiple songs, including today’s single, “Before (Choir Version),” a mariachi-inspired rendition of the Rick and Morty-featured internet hit “For The Damaged Coda,” and a series of ambient ASMR reworks. It is a surreal companion piece to Sit Down for Dinner exploring themes of innocence, nostalgia, and sonic curiosity.