Mike Krol - Power Chords - Black Vinyl PRIDE " a deconstructed meditation on

" a deconstructed meditation on "I'm Not Invisible" in the form of a passage titled "Vital Signs

droney landscape of string arrangements and Spacemen 3-esue guitar reverberations

Now five to six players can sail into the wild

enhancing influences from both classic and modern death metal genres

"There's no reason for a record like this to be released

Mike Krol - Power Chords - Black Vinyl PRIDE " a deconstructed meditation onPower Chords, Mike Krol's new Merge release, picks up where 2015's Turkey left off. It traces Krol's journey back to punk rock, harnessing both the guitar technique and the musical redemption referenced in it's title. 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