Mike Krol- Turkey
In bowling’s hallowed alleys, a strike is the minor miracle of all ten pins falling at once. Back-to-back strikes make a double. Do it a third time and you’ve got yourself a turkey. History will decide which sports metaphor to apply to Mike Krol’s first two records, I Hate Jazz (2011) and Trust Fund (2013). But as needle meets groove on Turkey—Krol’s first record for Merge—there is no ambiguity. A shiny black ball tumbles past the suburban strip malls of a polyestered Wisconsin and veers precariously close to an East Coast gutter before gathering momentum in a physics-defying sprint for the Pacific.
Tracklist:
- Suburban Wasteland
- Neighborhood Watch
- Left Out (Attn: Socal Garage Rockers)
- Save The Date
- This Is The News
- La La La
- Cactuses
- Less Than Together
- Piano Shit
In bowling’s hallowed alleys, a strike is the minor miracle of all ten pins falling at once. Back-to-back strikes make a double. Do it a third time and you’ve got yourself a turkey. History will decide which sports metaphor to apply to Mike Krol’s first two records, I Hate Jazz (2011) and Trust Fund (2013). But as needle meets groove on Turkey—Krol’s first record for Merge—there is no ambiguity. A shiny black ball tumbles past the suburban strip malls of a polyestered Wisconsin and veers precariously close to an East Coast gutter before gathering momentum in a physics-defying sprint for the Pacific.
Tracklist:
- Suburban Wasteland
- Neighborhood Watch
- Left Out (Attn: Socal Garage Rockers)
- Save The Date
- This Is The News
- La La La
- Cactuses
- Less Than Together
- Piano Shit