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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for Los Angeles-based garage rock/power-pop artist was produced by Mike McCarthy.
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- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 8 out of 10
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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Jan 24, 2019There’s a unique heart hidden deep with every album he creates, and Power Chords is no different. Open yourself up to the world of Krol.
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Jan 23, 2019Yet despite sounding like an album that could have just as easily come out in 2009 as 2019, it's a testament to the timelessness of Power Chords' sound rather than an indication of its tedium.
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Jan 24, 2019At 33 minutes, Power Chords is about twice as long as the typical Mike Krol record, but it’s also his tightest and most frenzied work yet.
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Jan 23, 2019Luckily for Krol, Power Chords moves a few steps forward from the stand-alone moments on his past three studio albums, I Hate Jazz, Trust Fund, and Turkey, hitting a stride which opens entirely new avenues for Krol. Tied down by his buzz saw vocals and shattered guitars, Power Chords finds an endless groove in 35 minutes or less.
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UncutJan 23, 2019Feedback-soaked rockers like "Little Drama" are played with maximum oomph, but much like, say, Ty segall, Krol laces his songs with all manner of sly twists and turns. [Feb 2019, p.29]
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Jan 30, 2019You might absorb a couple of hooks and riffs and edit it down to your own abridged version, but you’ll be left wanting more than Krol’s willing to provide.
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MojoJan 23, 2019Mostly, it feels like a marriage of Weezer and Superchunk, amid all-pervasive fuzz-pedal abuse. [Feb 2019, p.88]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Feb 11, 2019
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