Mikal Cronin - MCIII (New CD)

Mikal Cronin returns with MCIII. Marked by the lush arrangements, stunning melodies, and deeply personal lyrical work for which Cronin is now known, the album is also a deliberate attempt to simply ”go big.” As he did on his self-titled 2011 debut and 2013”s MCII, Cronin arranged and played nearly all of the record himself, including the tzouras, a traditional Greek string instrument he heard and subsequently bought while on tour in Athens. There”s French horn, saxophone, and trumpet. There are mood-altering crescendos and heartbreaking turns-of-phrase, guitars both gorgeous and pugnacious. No longer satisfied with the sound of ”just one string player,” Cronin arranged parts for a full string quartet instead. ”It”s a continuation of what I”ve been trying to do up until now, but I”m finding a better way to do it,” he says. ”I”m finding a more successful way of working those unexpected elements and textures and instruments into a rock record, of exploring that wormhole and mashing everything together harmoniously. I like riding the line between the two,” he adds. ”I like finding new ways to bring different musical worlds together.”

• Turn Around

• Say

• Made My Mind Up

• Feel Like

• I”ve Been Loved

• I) Alone

• II) Gold

• III) Control

• IV) Ready

• V) Different

• VI) Circle