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[Music Head]

KAYAK – Seventeen
 
Yup – it’s the Dutch prog band’s seventeenth album and was released in January this year. Totally missed it – shocking! 

I haven’t heard a whole lot of their stuff, but am well acquainted with Ton Scherpenzeel (great keys and piano player) due to his contributions to some of Camel’s albums. Andy Latimer plays guitar on the only instrumental track on this album and Scherpenzeel says “We have a great musical and personal click. Andy personifies the word “feeling” for me, and that is what ‘Ripples on the Water’ is all about.”

Lots of symphonic and melodic rock bombast, interspersed with enough quieter passages to save it from becoming unbearable - such a fine line. I’ll need to have another listen – this one was somewhat interrupted, but there were a few tracks that stood out, not least "Ripples on the Water" – think I’d buy the album just for that!

“Falling” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9UIBvdwWO0

“To an End” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo4S2G1UUMw

I have 3 of their early albums but haven't heard them in decades
good prog rock album for sure

fav for me