Kaipa - Sommargryningsljus (2024)

Kaipa are back! In the summer of 1964 Hans Lundin's musical career started when he became a member of his first band as organist and singer. He says that the following years were "the best education I could ever get". Nine years later in 1973 he formed the group KAIPA.

Now 60 years into his career he and his current bandmates Per Nilsson, Jonas Reingold, Darby Todd, Patrik Lundström & Aleena Gibson are proud to announce the release of Kaipa's 15th studio album Sommargryningsljus (Summer Dawn Light).

”A whispering dawn the sun's on its way to open up a brand new day out of the shadows of the night” is the opening phrase of the song Songs in Our Hands.

The dawn theme has always been close to Hans Lundin's heart in his songwriting. On the self titled debut album released in 1975, 49 years ago, he wrote about this in the song Se var morgon gry. Also in the songs Dagens port and Visa i sommaren on the following albums he returned to this theme. With the new album he closes the circle and returns to where it all began.

Sommargryningsljus contains eight tracks portraying a nocturnal journey from dusk until dawn, with the first two tracks representing the twilight and the closing two indicating dawn. This nighttime odyssey can be seen as a metaphor for the state between death and rebirth, or as an allegory of life told in reverse.

As a bonus track, „Sommargryningsljus (single edit)“ is included where the entire song can be heard as it was originally written including „Sommarskymningsljus“.
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releases June 28, 2024

Line-Up:
Keyboards & vocals – Hans Lundin
Electronic & acoustic guitars – Per Nilsson
Electric basses – Jonas Reingold
Drums – Darby Todd
Vocals – Patril Lundström
Vocals – Aleena Gibson

TRACKLIST

1. Kaipa - Sommarskymningsljus
2. Kaipa - Seven Birds
3. Kaipa - Like Thousand Dawns
4. Kaipa - Revelationview
5. Kaipa - Chased by Wolves and Burned by the Sun
6. Kaipa - Spiderweb Train
7. Kaipa - Songs in Our Hands
8. Kaipa - Sommargryningsljus
9. Kaipa - Sommargryningsljus (Single Edit)