Krill has built up a fiercely loyal fan base over the past year or two, but you may have missed them unless you live in New York or Boston and keep careful tabs on the musical renaissance sprouting up around the label Exploding in Sound Records, which has been churning out stellar albums by bands like Pile, Speedy Ortiz, and Porches. since 2008.
Exploding in Sound re-released Krill’s second album, “Lucky Leaves”, earlier this year, and the songs garnered enough attention to get them touring more and working on a follow-up, which is slated for release in February. Fans have told the band that “Lucky Leaves” sounds like “Modest Mouse on pot,” but Modest Mouse never wrote songs as proggy and knotted as Krill,