Monday, May 6, 2013

Immediate rush, lasting pleasure...Cronin's MCII

Really enjoyed the new Mikal Cronin...my review, up today at Blurt.

MCII

Mikal Cronin

Merge

BY JENNIFER KELLY

Mikal Cronin’s second album filters the lyrical melancholy of confessional pop through a joyfully dissonant, dirt-crusted lens, winding fuzz-frayed guitar lines through sunny miasmas of overtone, threading triumphant melodies through hedge-rows of strident strumming. Sounding at times like his garage pop collaborator Ty Segall, but more often like power pop icons Brendan Benson, Jason Faulkner and the Flamin’ Groovies, Cronin has recorded the beach-and-pool-and-driving-with-the-windows-down album of the summer. MCII is an immediate rush and a lasting pleasure.


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You can stream it, at least for now, at NPR.

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