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Jan 16, 2019 Mike Krol By Christopher Roberts

Mike Krol is releasing a new album, Power Chords, on January 25 via Merge. Now he has shared another song from the album, “What’s the Rhythm?,” via a video for the track. Sam Macon directed the video. Watch it below, followed by Krol’s upcoming tour dates.

Macon had this to say about the video in a press release: “A killer song. A great performer. I wanted these elements to come together to create a pure extension of the song itself. We wanted to take things back to a more straightforward and, in all honesty, punk approach.”

Previously Krol shared Power Chords’ first single, “Little Drama.” Then he shared another song from the album, “I Wonder,” which featured the guest vocals of Allison Crutchfield (of Swearin’ and her solo work).

Power Chords is the follow-up to 2015’s Turkey. After that album and tour, a previous press release said “Krol found himself in the midst of a full-blown 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 was recorded over a two-year period in three different places (Nashville, Los Angeles, and Wisconsin). Mike McCarthy produced the majority of the album, recording it at the same studio where Neil Young recorded Harvest.

Mike Krol Tour Dates:

2/15: San Diego - Soda Bar
2/16: Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theater
2/20: San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
2/22: Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
2/23: Seattle, WA - Crocodile Back Bar
2/26: Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
2/27: Milwaukee, WI - The Back Room at Colectivo Coffee
2/28: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
3/01: Detroit, MI - Deluxx Fluxx
3/02: Toronto, ON - The Garrison
3/04: Allston, MA - Great Scott
3/05: Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade
3/06: Philadelphia, PA - The Boot & Saddle
3/07: Washington, DC - Comet Ping Pong
3/08: Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle in Backroom
3/09: Savannah, GA - Savannah Stopover
3/10: Atlanta, GA - The Earl
3/11: New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
3/13 - 3/16: Austin, TX - SXSW
3/17: Dallas, TX - Not So Fun Wknd at Club Dada
3/19: Denver, CO - Globe Hall
3/20: Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
3/21: Boise, ID - Treefort Music Festival
3/22: Reno, NV - Holland Project
3/23: Visalia, CA - Cellar Door
04/02: Groningen, NE - Vera
04/03: Copenhagen, DE - Loppen
04/04: Oslo, NO - Revolver
04/06: Malmö, SE - Plan B
04/08: Hamburg, GE - Molotow Skybar
04/09: Berlin, GE - Monarch
04/10: Prague, CR - Underdogs
04/12: Geneva, CH - La Graviere
04/13: Lyon, FR - Trokson
04/14: Toulouse, FR - Les Pavillons Sauvages
04/16: Paris, FR - Le Gibus
04/17: Brussels, BE - Reflektor Cafe
04/19: Amsterdam, NE - Skatecafe
04/20: Schijndel, NE - Paaspop
4/22: London, UK - The Social
4/23: Bristol, UK - Crofters Rights
4/24: Manchester, UK - The Castle
4/25: Glasgow, UK - Hug & Pint
4/26: Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club at Book Club
4/27: London, UK - Test Pressing Festival at The Dome

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