Mike Krol - Power Chords - Black Vinyl progressive metal and James Blake

and James Blake

Formed in Hermosa Beach

When Dirty was released in 1992

Mike Krol got his bike stolen and his heart broken

" the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back

Mike Krol - Power Chords - Black Vinyl progressive metal and James BlakePower 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