The clangy, flinty, ruminative Boston DIY indie trio Krill formed in 2010, quickly cranked out three albums, helped inspire a wave of peers, and broke up in 2015. It was a classic case of a band just suddenly stopping mid-groove, and the story always seemed incomplete. Three years after their ending, Krill reunited to play LVL UP's final show. In 2019, all three members reunited to form a new band called Knot, and they released a self-titled album in 2020. Now, they're back to being Krill.
Earlier this month, the newly reactivated Krill – Jonah Furman, Ian Becker, and new member Andrew Clinkman (Moontype, Spirits Having Fun) – performed in Chicago, and on Friday they’ll play a headlining set at Boston's NICE Fest. Today, they release the single "Commemorative Plaque," their first newly recorded song in a decade. It's a drawling, oblique mood piece with intricately spiky guitars, which means it sounds like classic Krill. Chicago multi-instrumentalist Macie Stewart, one of our favorite new artists of last year, adds violin, while longtime collaborator Will Greene plays saxophone. Check it out below.
"Commemorative Plaque" is out now on Exploding In Sound.
