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KRONSTAD 23 - Sommermørket (LP) (2025)
Ok, this is probably closer to The Verge or the jazziest Motorpsycho material than to the most recent Kanaan albums, but anyway, you get the idea...
Founded in Kronstad, Norway in 2023 Kronstad 23 are definitely in the run for lowest effort for finding a band name awards. And if their debut album on El Paraiso Records proves one thing, it's that they probably did good not wasting more energy on the name, but focussing on jamming and establishing their musical synergy and chemistry.
I'm not going to talk myself tired about what this quartet of guitar/sitar, bass, analogue keys and drums (plus two saxophonists contributing to two tracks each) are doing. After all they're not exactly the first Norwegian group dedicated to the smooth and dynamic, seemingly effortless merging of Jazz Fusion, Psychedelic Prog and Heavy Rock. No, surely not... But boy, these guys just deliver their jams with such a fresh energy, unlocking new sides of their range with each of the seven instrumental tracks.
"Sommermørket" is just one of those albums, which immediately hit me on first listen and keeps on giving. I cannot spoil whether this Jazz Rock highlight will appear in my TOP 25 albums of 2025, because I simply haven't put those together yet - and the competition is super hard. So if you won't see this banger there, you already have my permission to verbally stone me for that negligence. Yeah, this is just fucking good.
Founded in Kronstad, Norway in 2023 Kronstad 23 are definitely in the run for lowest effort for finding a band name awards. And if their debut album on El Paraiso Records proves one thing, it's that they probably did good not wasting more energy on the name, but focussing on jamming and establishing their musical synergy and chemistry.
I'm not going to talk myself tired about what this quartet of guitar/sitar, bass, analogue keys and drums (plus two saxophonists contributing to two tracks each) are doing. After all they're not exactly the first Norwegian group dedicated to the smooth and dynamic, seemingly effortless merging of Jazz Fusion, Psychedelic Prog and Heavy Rock. No, surely not... But boy, these guys just deliver their jams with such a fresh energy, unlocking new sides of their range with each of the seven instrumental tracks.
"Sommermørket" is just one of those albums, which immediately hit me on first listen and keeps on giving. I cannot spoil whether this Jazz Rock highlight will appear in my TOP 25 albums of 2025, because I simply haven't put those together yet - and the competition is super hard. So if you won't see this banger there, you already have my permission to verbally stone me for that negligence. Yeah, this is just fucking good.
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