Kanaan to Release Downpour May 5; Stream “Amazon”
Huzzah for the universes as Kanaan announce a May 5 release for their new album, Downpour, and post a first single from the record called “Amazon” with Hedvig Mollestad of the Hedvig Mollestad Trio, for starters, on board for a guest spot. Downpour will follow late 2022’s Diversions Vol. 1: Softly Through Sunshine and 2021’s Earthbound (review here), which was widely hailed as a moment of arrival for the young trio. Enough so that they picked up a Spellemann for it.
The band’s already been confirmed for Desertfest Berlin, Esbjerg Fuzztival, Down the Hill and SonicBlast, almost certainly among others, and given the geographic sprawl there, it seems likely they’ll do a good amount of road time for Downpour after the release. Preorders are up through Bandcamp and Jansen Records, and enough o’ my yammerin’, just go ahead and stream the song. It’s down there. You know where to find it.
Art and info from the PR wire:
Norwegian Power Trio, Kanaan, to Release New LP, ‘Downpour’, May 5
Grammy-winning Group Streams New Song “Amazon”
Norway’s Kanaan creates far-out, wondrous heavy music that synthesizes the singular stanchions of the Japanese psychedelic rock, German krautrock, and California desert rock movements into swathes of sound that straddle the line between the improvisational and the intentional. The award-winning trio will release its new LP, ‘Downpour’, on May 5 via Jansen Records. Pre-order ‘Downpour’ at this location: https://orcd.co/amazon-kanaan
‘Downpour’ is the follow-up to Kanaan’s 2021 LP, ‘Earthbound’, which landed the group a Norwegian Grammy award. Recorded at Athletic Sound studios (a-ha, Jaga Jazzist, Motorpsycho) and featuring artwork by designer Robin Gnista (Ty Segall, Cold Cave, Television), ‘Downpour’ features seven smashing songs that will surely satisfy longtime fans and stagger first time listeners.
‘Downpour’, as an album, is a continuation of the ideas we explored on our last record, ‘Earthbound’, while feeling like maybe the most cohesive and nuanced album we’ve done,” says the band. “We kept the heavy riffs, big, roomy drums, and fuzz-laden guitar solos, but ‘Downpour’ still feels a bit more psychedelic, a bit less doomy and more polychrome. We´re really happy with it and are looking forward to sharing it!
The first track released from ‘Downpour’ is the soaring, six-minute “Amazon”, which features a guest appearance from Norwegian guitar hero Hedvig Mollestad, a revered artist. Stream Kanaan’s new song, “Amazon”, at this location.
Track listing:
1.) Black Time Fuzz
2.) Amazon (feat. Hedvig Mollestad) / LISTEN
3.) Downpour
4.) Psunspot
5.) Orbit
6.) Solaris Pt. 1
7.) Solaris Pt. 2
Kanaan features guitarist Ask Vatn Strøm, drummer Ingvald André Vassbø, and bassist Eskild Myrvoll.
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