It's a Game

IT'S A GAME, Edith Frost's first album since 2001's WONDER WONDER, finds the Chicago-based indie-rock singer/songwriter returning to the sparer sound of her late-1990s work. Frost's distinctively plaintive vocals are always at the fore, often recalling a more tuneful (and pre-pop-diva) Liz Phair. Wonderfully melancholy, wearily romantic, and faintly country, this 2005 album is easily on par with Frost's lauded earlier releases.