KRILL SHARE THE INTROSPECTIVE SLACKER ROCK OF "TURD"
Krill are readying the release of their new EP, Steve Hears Pile in Malden and Bursts Into Tears, the follow-up to their much buzzed-about sophomore album, Lucky Leaves. The EP finds the trio, Jonah Furman (bass/vocals), Aaron Ratoff (guitar), and Luke Pyenson (drums), wrapped within loose conceptual themes while pushing the envelope of Krill’s sonic palette into darker territory and glorious new heights. Shortly after the recording of the EP, Luke aka Lucky, moved to the UK (hence, Lucky Leaves) and was replaced by Ian Becker.
Furman explained, “Steve Hears Pile in Malden and Bursts Into Tears is a failed concept album about two kids living on the outskirts of Boston who realize they are characters in a Pile song. Steve wants to form a band and play with Pile but can't quite manage it because Mouth wants to give up on everything, leave, die, un-exist. It’s also about F.M. Dostoevsky and, as always, maybe above all,Krill. As sir DFW put it, 'the horrific struggle to establish a human band results in a band whose humanity is inseparable from that horrific struggle’.”
The concept is meta, but the struggle is very real. Krill excel while toeing the line balance between humor, profound insight, and hopeless tragedy, a gift that shines through on second single “Turd”. The sentiment of feeling like shit is taken quite literally, perpetually floating and never to be flushed, the song offers an existential journey of transition as only Krill can.
STREAM/EMBED "Turd" at http://www.soundcloud.com/explodinginsoundrecords/krill-turd
Downloads of the EP are available for review consideration. Please get in touch if you are interested.
Throughout the new effort, Krill expand their indie rock formula with sprawling instrumental force, adapting elements of punk, psych, and unnervingly intellectual slacker rock. It’s easy to drop comparisons to bands like the Pixies, but lazy journalism aside, it’s the influence of their Boston peers that makes this release exceptional. The title track is raw and driving while exploiting an energy few bands can harness. Once the melody grabs a hold of you, it plays around in your head for days. “Turd” beams with noodly guitars and introspective lyrics like “If I could just keep a commitment, maybe I’d be happier,” jerking you into awareness while tempting you to sing along. It’s as sincere as anything you’ll hear in 2014. Unlike the characters in these stories, Krill aren’t stuck in transition. They are propelling forward with confidence, inviting you to experience their vibrant music together with the interesting characters within Furman’s songwriting.
The EP was once again recorded by Carlos Hernandez and Julian Fader (Palehound, Grass Is Green) captured in a single day at The Silent Barn in Brooklyn, NY and mastered by Richard Marr at Galaxy Park Studios in Watertown, MA. It will be available digitally and as a 10” on black and white vinyl via Exploding in Sound Records on February 18, 2014.
Throughout the new effort, Krill expand their indie rock formula with sprawling instrumental force, adapting elements of punk, psych, and unnervingly intellectual slacker rock. It’s easy to drop comparisons to bands like the Pixies, but lazy journalism aside, it’s the influence of their Boston peers that makes this release exceptional. The title track is raw and driving while exploiting an energy few bands can harness. Once the melody grabs a hold of you, it plays around in your head for days. “Turd” beams with noodly guitars and introspective lyrics like “If I could just keep a commitment, maybe I’d be happier,” jerking you into awareness while tempting you to sing along. It’s as sincere as anything you’ll hear in 2014. Unlike the characters in these stories, Krill aren’t stuck in transition. They are propelling forward with confidence, inviting you to experience their vibrant music together with the interesting characters within Furman’s songwriting.
The EP was once again recorded by Carlos Hernandez and Julian Fader (Palehound, Grass Is Green) captured in a single day at The Silent Barn in Brooklyn, NY and mastered by Richard Marr at Galaxy Park Studios in Watertown, MA. It will be available digitally and as a 10” on black and white vinyl via Exploding in Sound Records on February 18, 2014.
The band will soon be announcing a Spring tour with Ava Luna for February and March, including dates at this year's SXSW.
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