Mikal Cronin Announces New Album MCIII, Shares "Made My Mind Up"

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His debut 2011 album was called Mikal Cronin. His excellent follow-up: MCII. He's back, and naturally, the new one's called MCIII. It's out on May 5 via Merge, and it features the above track, "Made My Mind Up". He's also announced a tour—find the dates below.

According to the album's press release, Cronin played nearly everything on the record himself (including tzouras, French horn, saxophone, and trumpet). He also arranged parts for a string quartet. 

A limited number of LPs will be available on clear vinyl.

Read our "Guest List" interview with Cronin.

MCIII:

01 Turn Around
02 Made My Mind Up
03 Say
04 Feel Like
05 I've Been Loved
06 i) Alone
07 ii) Gold
08 iii) Control
09 iv) Ready
10 v) Different
11 vi) Circle

Mikal Cronin:

02-21 Schaumburg, IL - Prairie Center for the Arts
04-22 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
04-24 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
04-25 Seattle, WA - The Tractor
05-01 Los Angeles, CA - Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
05-05 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05-28 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
05-29 Nimes, France - This Is Not a Love Song Festival
05-31 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
06-01 London, England - 100 Club
06-02 Brussels, Belgium - Le Botanique
06-05 Ravenna, Italy - Beaches Brew Festival
06-06 Athens, Greece - Plissken Festival
06-08 Berlin, Germany - Lido
06-09 Cologne, Germany - Gebäude 9
06-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Bitterzoet

Watch Cronin perform "See It My Way" at Pitchfork Music Festival:

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