On May 5, Mikal Cronin will return with his new album MCIII. “A deeply personal lyrical work for which Cronin is now known, the album is also a deliberate attempt to simply “go big.”

As he did on his self-titled 2011 debut and 2013’s MCII, Cronin arranged and played nearly all of the record himself, including the tzouras, a traditional Greek string instrument he heard and subsequently bought while on tour in Athens. There’s French horn, saxophone, and trumpet. There are mood-altering crescendos and heartbreaking turns-of-phrase, guitars. No longer satisfied with the sound of “just one string player,” Cronin arranged parts for a full string quartet instead.

You can listen & share his new single “Made My Mind Up” below.

The Mikal Cronin band have announced tour dates beginning in February with more tour dates to come!

Mikal Cronin on tour:
Feb 21 Schaumburg, IL — Prairie Center for the Arts
Apr 22 San Francisco, CA — The Independent
Apr 24 Portland, OR — Doug Fir Lounge
Apr 25 Seattle, WA — The Tractor
May 1 Los Angeles, CA — Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
May 5 New York, NY — Bowery Ballroom
May 28 Barcelona, ES — PrimaveraSound, Barcelona
May 29 Nimes, FR — This is Not A Love Song Festival
May 31 Paris, FR — Maroquinerie
Jun 1 London, UK — 100 Club
Jun 2 Brussels, BE — Botanique
Jun 5 Ravenna, IT — Beaches Brew Festival
Jun 6 Athens, GR — Plissken Festival
Jun 8 Berlin, DE — Lido
Jun 9 Cologne, DE — Gebaude9
Jun 10 Amsterdam, NL — Bitterzoet