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The resurrected Krill release their first song in a decade 1%
By Leor Galil50%
8/4/2026, 9:28:31 AM
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Late last month, Boston-born trio Krill dropped “Commemorative Plaque,” their first new release in ten years—and their first piece of music as a Chicago band.
Formed in 2010, Krill became an important band in New England indie rock, which at that time also produced Speedy Ortiz, Ovlov, and Pile.
The terrifically knotty title track of Krill’s 2014 EP, Steve Hears Pile in Malden and Bursts Into Tears, is a sort of scene portrait in which Pile plays a leading role.
In 2015, Krill called it quits.
Furman isn’t the only member of Krill who grew up around Chicago—drummer Ian Becker did too.
He made a prolonged stay in NYC, where he and Furman remained collaborators, and he has also since moved back to town.
In 2020, the three members of Krill at the time of their split—Furman, Becker, and guitarist Aaron Ratoff—launched a band called Knot with guitarist Joe DeManuelle-Hall.
They put out a self-titled LP on Krill’s regular label, Exploding in Sound.
“We’ve now gone and retconned Knot,” Furman says.
“Now we just call it a Krill album.
And I think it always was.”
Furman hadn’t thought about reuniting Krill till Theo Hartlett from Ovlov texted to ask if Krill wanted to open an Ovlov show at Bottom Lounge in March 2025.
Furman and Becker fleshed out a new Krill lineup (called “Krill 2” at the time) with local guitarist Andrew Clinkman.
Clinkman had likewise been part of the 2010s Boston scene, covering country tunes in a group called Cowboy Band.
Clinkman has recently played in indie group Spirits Having Fun and Ken Vandermark’s Marker.
His Marker bandmate Macie Stewart contributed violin to “Commemorative Plaque,” recorded with Seth Engel from Options.
Furman begins “Commemorative Plaque” with the lines “I have said what I have to say / And I don’t know what any of it meant / But if it helps you, use it.”
He’d originally written those words to end an essay he wrote for a 2022 reissue of Krill’s 2012 debut album, Alam No Hris.
“Part of why we ended the band—or why I stopped making music—was I was 25, and I felt I had expressed myself,” Furman says.
“I hadn’t lived enough to say more.
That’s how it felt.
I was like, ‘I have said what I have to say—that’s it, until I have a little more life in me.’
Then ten years passed, and I had a lot more experiences and a lot more feelings and thoughts.
And things suddenly felt worth exploring.”
Krill are working on more new material, informed in part by Furman’s return to Chicago, which has fueled some of his recent obsessions.
“Two themes are genealogy and geology—the birth of the big historical forces that shape you as a person,” he says.
“You are more grounded in why you lived here, how you got here, what in history brought you there, and how that shapes you.
In America, we’re raised to think of ourselves as special individuals who create themselves.
Understanding how much home and a place creates you without you knowing, and being able to come back to that is, like, looking in a different kind of mirror.”
Krill have played out sporadically since resurfacing.
In July, they performed with National Photo Committee as part of Kilbourn Park’s Summer Concert Series.
The next gig they have on the books is a Brutalist Brewing release party at Lemon (1600 W.
Grand) on Monday, August 31.
Mute Form also perform; tickets cost $10, and the music starts at 8 PM.
On Saturday, August 8, the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago (6400 S.
Kimbark) hosts a five-band hardcore blowout to raise funds for fighting ICE.
Milwaukee’s Enervate and Saint Louis’s Paradigm join three knockout Chicago acts: Si Dios Quiere, Ache, and Yabai.
Gossip Wolf recommends showing up early to browse the vendors, which include Joliet’s Prison City Vintage.
The show is all ages, tickets cost $15, and doors open at 5 PM.
Chicago is lousy with dance nights helmed by world-renowned DJs, but this wolf can still be wowed by a lineup.
On Saturday, August 8, South East Collectors presents Dion Wilson, aka Chicago hip-hop icon No I.D., headlining a night at the Ramova Loft.
The bill also includes two more Chicago heavies behind the decks: Black Pegasus label founder Marc Davis and Soul in the Hole crew leader Sadar Bahar.
Tickets cost $43.41, and the night begins at 8 PM.
After nearly a decade of gigging around the midwest, Chicago indie-rock five-piece Motel Breakfast are calling it quits.
They’re going out in style with a big farewell show at Thalia Hall on Saturday, August 8.
Fellow Kinsman and Shannon Baker open.
General admission tickets cost $39.96, and the first band starts at 8 PM.
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