Kanaan - Earthbound '2021

Tracks list

Emerging from an ocean of fuzz like a Kyuss that went to jazz school,
instrumental power trio Kanaan are ready with their fourth studio album in as
many years. The three prolific young musicians are seemingly everywhere on the
Norwegian music scene these days, as members of Mall Girl, Daufødt, JUNO and
Vegard & Ivar Band. A diverse selection of bands that display the aptitude of
the players, as well as their eclectic musical influences.

Where Kanaan’s former albums have been jazzy and psychedelic
explorations, with forays into kraut and free improvisation, the new album
Earthbound comes at you, heavier than a ton of bricks. However, even though they
wear their stoner rock influences on their sleeve, the music is not a departure
from their earlier projects, more of a continuation.

Inspired by bands such as Colour Haze, Hawkwind, Elder, Motorpsycho and Acid
Mothers Temple, Earthbound serves up plenty of surprising twists and turns,
beautiful and mellow passages and masterful musicianship. Although never flashy,
the whole album is a showcase of the three wildly talented musicians as they
plow their way through enormous riffs and thunderous grooves.

Searching to perfect their hybrid of heavy rock and psychedelic jazz influences,
the band isolated themselves in Halden's Athletic Sound studios, working day and
night to accomplish what became Earthbound, a quantum leap for their sound in
terms of sheer heaviness and psychedelic extravaganza compared to their previous
albums. 

Ask Vatn Strøm - guitars, percussion, oscillations
Ingvald André Vassbø - drums, percussion, speed Farfisa
Eskild Myrvoll - bass, synths, Mellotron, guitar

Tracklist:
1.01 - Kanaan - Prelude (1:36)
1.02 - Kanaan - Return to the Tundrasphere (8:41)
1.03 - Kanaan - Pink Riff (3:16)
1.04 - Kanaan - Bourdon (7:24)
1.05 - Kanaan - Mirage (2:52)
1.06 - Kanaan - Mudbound (11:55)
1.07 - Kanaan - Crash (5:17)
1.08 - Kanaan - No Star Left Unturned (5:00)

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