Village Voice reviews Mikal Cronin’s show at Bowery Ballroom
Village Voice
Mikal Cronin’s sophomore solo album, MCII (Merge), released last month, is simplicity worthy of exaltation.
Mikal Cronin’s sophomore solo album, MCII (Merge), released last month, is simplicity worthy of exaltation.
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…for someone with so many questions, Cronin has made a singular album brimming with shimmering guitars, excellent pop hooks and consistently full arrangements.
On his sophomore album MCII, Laguna Beach native Mikal Cronin focuses on aging and uncertainty.
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But the afternoon, and perhaps NXNE as a whole belonged to recent Merge Records signing Mikal Cronin.
Mikal Cronin and his band took the stage just as the boat returned to dock, so by this point even the most passive of passengers had ambled below deck.
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Cronin’s second album is full of spangly little garage-pop jams, but “Shout It Out” is its most impeccably buzzy anthem, without a second wasted.
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… Fuzz’s Sabbath-esque, stringy haired, garage rock certainly fit the bill.
Thee Oh Sees took the stage last to finish up the show, playing a mix of old songs and new ones off their absolutely stellar recent album Floating Coffin.
….to make the songs sound compelling even after you’ve worn the needle n your record player down to a nub. We’re hooked on the sweets Cronin’s serving up,…
If there’s anyone that can make solid power pop music right now, it’s Mikal Cronin. Each one of his songs contains a catchy beat that will keep you dancing from start to finish.
Cronin has done his songwriting homework, yet what he produces sounds amazingly fresh, and not at all studied.
Somehow, it’s makes a ton of sense that this is the way Mac DeMarco interprets the lyrics of Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s classic number “Takin’ Care Of Business”:
For his second solo album, “MCII,” Mikal Cronin scrubbed some of the grime off his garage pop. Or rather, he decided not to add it in the first place.
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