The Norwegian
instrumental band, Kanaan are back with their 3rd album, their 2nd
this year, after the release of the Odense Sessions, which featured Jonas Munk
from Causa Sui. I never heard their
debut from 2018 but did read good things about it. I met and jammed with the
guys in Oslo last year and they are super nice people and great players, so I
was excited to hear this. This album features 7 tracks. Worlds Together starts things off in a laid
back fashion with some melodic threads between the keys and guitars. This is a
sort of intro track before the more heavy Mountain. This track focus a lot on
melodic chords and not so much on solos while the drums and bass provide a
constant push. Near the end it comes down to a mellow section with some synths
sounds. It then builds up based on a fantastic guitar solo, reminds me a bit of
Nicklas from Papir. Öresund starts with
a more jazzy like drumming and playing about with the guitar line keeping it
more steady. The bass really plays some cool stuff with some interesting layers
of keyboards as the energy grows on this one. I really dig the groove and
energy on this great track. World’s Apart fades up from a jam in progress and there
are two guitar lines, one which sounds like a keyboard at times. Intense
playing. Wow… The record ends with the
long Double Sun Parts 1 and 2. This features Bjørn on lead guitar. Some really nice spacey stuff with dual
guitars. A bit krautrock at times this
one, Neu groove with CAN exploration! What a great album. Wow…..
The current band is:
Ask Vatn Strøm: Electric and acoustic guitars.
Ingvald André Vassbø: Drums, percussion and
organ.
Eskild Myrvoll: Bass, synths, electric and acoustic
guitars.
Bjørn Klakegg : lead guitar on “Double Sun pt. 1 &
2”.
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