California garage-rocker Mikal Cronin will release his third album, MCIII, later this year. We’ve already heard the explosive lead single “Made My Mind Up,” and now he’s shared “ii) Gold.” It’s a cut from the second half of the record, which acts as a concept album about the time he spent feeling alone after moving up to the Pacific Northwest to go to school. It’s easy to tell that the song comes early in the suite, as it still rocks along with a sense of hope and newfound opportunity. “Walk the city alone,” Cronin recounts, and later: “Find the piece of yourself.” Listen below.

Tour Dates:
04/22 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
04/24 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
04/25 Seattle, WA @ The Tractor
04/27 Santa Cruz, CA @ Don Quixote’s
05/01 Los Angeles, CA @ Eagle Rock Center For The Arts
05/05 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
05/28 Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound
05/29 Nimes, France @ This Is Not A Love Song Festival
05/31 Paris, France @ Maroquinerie
06/01 London, England @ 100 Club
06/02 Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
06/05 Ravenna, Italy @ Beaches Brew Festival
06/06 Athens, Greece @ Plisskën Festival
06/08 Berlin, Germany @ Lido
06/09 Cologne, Germany @ Gebäude 9
06/10 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bitterzoet

MCIII is out 5/5 via Merge.