Power Chords Mike Krol SKU: MRG609LP Barcode: 0673855060910 18.00 £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Merge Records Released Date: 25th January 2019 Buying Format: 1LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Music ruined Mike Krol’s life. And then saved it. In 2015, Mike Krol found himself in the midst of an existential crisis. He’d invested everything to create the rock-and-roll life he’d always wanted, but he wasn’t sure the life wanted him back. Power Chords, Krol’s new Merge release, picks up where Turkey left off. It traces Krol’s journey back to punk rock, harnessing both the guitar technique and the musical redemption referenced in its title. To rediscover the power in those chords, Krol recorded for two-plus years in three separate locations (Nashville, Los Angeles, and Krol’s native Wisconsin). The record opens in a howling maelstrom of feedback: welcome to Krol’s crucible. After a stage-setting spoken-word intro, we find ourselves back in familiar Krol territory—aggressive and assertive, scratchy and raw, catchy as hell—but something has changed. The sounds have a new density—and so do the stories. Krol’s lyrics have always walked a fine line between self-acceptance and selfdestruction, but throughout Power Chords, they reveal a new sense of self-awareness. Of course, none of this is to say that Krol has mellowed. You might find a mea culpa or two, but Mike Krol will never be chastened. If anything, he’s out more for revenge than forgiveness, and if he’s grown, it’s because he’s grown bolder. He’s wielding the same influences—Misfits, The Strokes, early Weezer, Ramones—but turning up the gravity and the gain. Indeed, Krol has gone somewhere new; yes, he bludgeoned himself with over-analysis and self-loathing, but along the way he stumbled upon a trove of intricate guitar lines and artfully mutating melodies. It’s there in the chorus of “Blue and Pink,” the bridge in “I Wonder,” the entirety of the deliriously infectious first single, “An Ambulance.” Artist Mike Krol Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Merge Records Buying Options 1LP Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings SIDE A Power Chords What’s the Rhythm An Ambulance Little Drama Left for Dead Blue and Pink SIDE B I Wonder Wasted Memory Nothing to Yell About Arrow in My Heart The End Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Mike Krol and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Mike Krol Power Chords – Indies Only Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Merge Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 22nd January 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mike Krol Power Chords – Indies Only £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Merge Records SKU: MRG609LPC1 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 22nd January 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mike Krol Turkey Rock And Pop | Merge | 1LP Released 4th September 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mike Krol Turkey £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Merge SKU: MRG539LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th September 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Have Mercy Make The Best Of It Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hopeless | 1LP Released 21st April 2017 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Have Mercy Make The Best Of It £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hopeless SKU: HR2320-1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st April 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Birds of Maya Valdez Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Drag City | 1LP Released 25th June 2021 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Birds of Maya Valdez £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Drag City SKU: DC835 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chubby and The Gang The Mutt’s Nuts Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Partisan Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th August 2021 £18.00 - £26.00 Select options Chubby and The Gang The Mutt’s Nuts £18.00 - £26.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Partisan Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th August 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Flying Saucer Attack Chorus Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Domino | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 18th March 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Flying Saucer Attack Chorus £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Domino SKU: WIGLP22 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th March 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Give It Back! 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