KEBNEKAISE II

Competent, intricate folk rock with a distinctively Swedish sound. Some aspects of the production and sound suggest that Kebnekaise was keeping up not just with the American folk rock greats but also the likes of the UK's own Fairport Convention, but at the same time they didn't let this dilute their own personal band identity. At its best when the band let themselves sprawl a little, as on Comanche Spring, the album feels like it's carrying forward the ideals of 60s-era counterculture folk rock without rooting itself in the aesthetics of the previous decade, with the band successfully balancing accessible melodies with progressive song structures.