KANAAN & ÆVESTADEN

Norwegian psych and neofolk trios team up for haunting acid folk freak-out.

JMN

A SPECTACULAR COLLISION of contrasting worlds, Langt, Langt Vekk (‘Far, Far Away’) sees psychedelic drone rockers Kanaan team with sometimes trad, sometimes trippy folk act Ævestaden on their joint debut LP. “At first it was like a joke,” says Kenneth Lien, one of Ævestaden’s three multi-instrumentalists. “What if these very different bands joined forces?” As Kanaan guitarist Ask Vatn Strøm is the brother of Eir Vatn Strøm, lyre and Mellotron player with Ævestaden, there was a connection already, plus the two Norwegian trios were mutual fans. “We’ve seen Ævestaden play live a lot, and we love their albums,” confirms Kanaan’s drummer and vocalist Ingvald Vassbø. “We’d wanted to work with them for a while.” Chatting from their respective homes in Oslo, Lien and Vassbø paint a vivid picture of the…

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