Mikal Cronin’s MCIII now streaming exclusively on iTunes Radio

Mikal Cronin's new album MCIII will be in stores worldwide on May 4. The album is streaming in full exclusively as an iTunes Radio First Play in the US. A list of streaming partners for other countries is below.

US fans visit iTunes Radio First Play to listen to MCIII and pre-order the album digitally atiTunes.com/MikalCronin or on CD, LP or cassette in the Merge store.

The Mikal Cronin band, including a string quartet, will perform on CONAN on  May 4. And don't miss them on tour (full list of dates below)!

As he did on his self-titled 2011 debut and 2013’s  MCII, Cronin arranged and played nearly all of  MCIII 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 mushing everything together harmoniously. I like riding the line between the two,” he adds. “I like finding new ways to bring different musical worlds together.”

“Fuzz pop made huge with string sections and orchestral arrangements” —Pitchfork

“Pair[s] incandescent melodies with rich, build-and-release arrangements” —SPIN

Worldwide streaming partners:
Canada - Exclaim!
UK - The Line of Best Fit
France - GQ
Italy - Sentirescoltare
Germany - Musikexpress
Spain - Mondo Sonoro
Benelux - VPRO
Sweden - Festivalryten

Mikal Cronin on tour:
May 01 Los Angeles, CA – Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
May 05 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
May 28 Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound, Barcelona
May 29 Nimes, FR – This Is Not a Love Song Festival
May 31 Paris, FR – Maroquinerie
Jun 01 London, UK – 100 Club
Jun 02 Brussels, BE – Botanique
Jun 05 Ravenna, IT – Beaches Brew Festival
Jun 06 Athens, GR – Plisskën Festival
Jun 08 Berlin, DE – Lido
Jun 09 Cologne, DE – Gebäude 9
Jun 10 Amsterdam, NL – Bitterzoet
Jun 20 Chicago, IL – Subterranean
Jul 12 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl w/ Deathcab for Cutie