Flyday

Flyday was a comeback album for Kraan, a noteworthy effort after two lackluster releases. The band goes for a more straightforward progressive rock/jazz fusion blend than ever before, and guitarist Peter Wolbrandt in particular sounds like he is enjoying every minute of it. Bischof's keyboards are played with taste and restraint, unlike some other releases on which he seems to be intent on cramming as many notes as possible into a measure regardless of whether they belong here. The experimental textures and abrupt time signature changes that characterized their early work are gone, and with them some of the excitement, but there are compensations. While it doesn't rank with the very best of their previous work, Flyday is a very respectable effort that shows that there was still plenty of life in a very talented group.