MCII (album)
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| Studio album by Mikal Cronin | ||||
| Released | May 7, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Garage punk, Indie rock, Noise pop, Power pop | |||
| Length | 37:12 | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
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| The Observer | |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.4 |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Spin | 9/10 |
| Uncut | 9/10 |
| Under the Radar |   |
MCII is the second studio album by rock musician Mikal Cronin, and the album released on May 7, 2013 by Merge Records.
MCII has received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, they assign a "weighted average" score out of 100 to ratings reviews from selected mainstream critics, the album has a Metascore of 84, based on 24 reviews. In addition, AnyDecentMusic? has a rating of 8.1 out of 10 from selected mainstream critics, and that is based upon 22 reviews.
At Spin, David Bevan noted that Cronin "delivers a performance that's both deeply confident and convincingly vulnerable". Michael Roffman at Consequence of Sound told that in a year with excellent releases that this one "has the punch and wit to stick around with the best" because it is "a blast." At Uncut, Peter Watts found that the release "hits you with the immediacy of a record that you're listening to for the first time but feel like you've already heard a thousand times and yet still aren't bored of." At Blurt, Jennifer Kelly called the album "an immediate rush and a lasting pleasure." Martyn Young at musicOMH wrote that "perhaps a risk for Cronin to take a partial step away from hazy psychedelic rock in favour of plaintive emoting, but it's a risk he navigates extremely successfully." At Mojo, Stevie Chick affirmed that Cronin "delivers timeless, classic pop that evades clichés." Kyle Fowle of Slant Magazine alluded to how "with MCII, Cronin sheds much of the fuzz for a more balanced and polished approach, resulting in one of the most consistent and rewarding albums of the year so far." At Now, Richard Trapunski felt that "the melodies sound effortless, but there’s complexity under the surface."Kitty Empire of The Observer called this album "an ozone high." Tim Sendra of Allmusic proclaimed the release as being "a step forward from his debut and shows off a guy with enough talent to step out from behind Segall's shadow and make it on his own." At Under the Radar, Hays Davis evoked that "MCII is the sound of someone who moved on and found solid ground."
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