Last month, Mike Krol brought his Ball & Chain Tour all over North America. Krol and his squad are now ready to take on Europe, and today he’s sharing a music video for “La La La” off his Merge debut, Turkey. Premiering on The AV Club, it’s a fantastic peek into the album’s recording process.

Mike Krol elaborates:
“Director/editor Andrew Van Dorn and I availed ourselves of Split Screen Technology to give you a sense of what it was like to be in a dicey part of Sacramento, circa March 2014, trying to make a whole record in four days. On the right we see producer/engineer Beau Sorenson, raconteur/co-producer Elliott Kozel, and me mixing “La La La” in the old school tradition: 2 a.m., tape rolling, hands on faders, no computers, no bullshit. On the left side of the video you see Team Krol living the Rock And Roll Life, which mostly consisted of leaving the studio once daily for a delicious Brisket Sandwich at Firehouse Subs. At no point did we think that anyone would hear or care about this album. Or that any of the stupid photos and videos we took would end up in a music video.”

Turkey is available on LP and CD in the Merge store or at your favorite independent record shop, and digitally on iTunes. Mike Krol and his band wrap up their North American tour tomorrow in Chicago, and the European leg begins on October 23 in Valencia, Spain. They will return stateside for a run of west coast shows in December; a full list of dates are below:

Mike Krol Ball & Chain Tour:
Oct 07 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Oct 23 Valencia, ES – Deleste Festival
Oct 24 Barcelona, ES – Primavera Club
Oct 25 Paris, FR – Point Ephemere ^
Oct 26 Guildford, UK – The Boileroom
Oct 27 Bristol, UK – Start the Bus
Oct 28 Manchester, UK – The Eagle Inn
Oct 29 London, UK – Shacklewell Arms
Oct 30 Amsterdam, NL – London Calling @ Paradiso
Oct 31 Nijmegen, NL – Doornroosje
Nov 04 Stockholm, SE – Fritz’s Corner @ Lilla Hotellbaren
Nov 05 Oslo, NO – Revolver
Nov 06 Göteborg, SE – Woah Dad HQ
Nov 07 Copenhagen, DK – Drone Bar
Nov 08 Hamburg, DE – Molotow Bar
Nov 09 Berlin, DE – The Monarch
Dec 04 Portland, OR – Bunk Bar
Dec 05 Vancouver, BC – Media Club
Dec 06 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Dec 08 San Francisco, CA – Hemlock Tavern
Dec 10 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Dec 11 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
^ w/ Ezra Furman