Kayak: With song about unfathomable mystery…..

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Legendary Dutch progressive rockers Kayak recently announced they will return with their 18th studio album Out Of This World on the 7th May 2021. Now they are pleased to reveal the first single taken from that album, and the single is named Mystery.

Founding member Ton Scherpenzeel comments: «This song is about the, in my view, unfathomable mystery and wonder that is the world around us. No matter what stunning progress science makes, and whatever religion wants us to believe, the essence will always be that: a mystery. Which doesn’t mean we have to stop trying to figure it all out».

In these very strange times, it is very encouraging with really exciting and good new music that we can enjoy. Now it’s the veteran band Kayak as mentioned above who announce new studio album Out Of This World. The album is their 18th studio album and will be released on the 7th May 2021. Following the bands return in 2018 with a new line-up, new record label and first new album since 2014 in Seventeen, the band are excited to reveal its eagerly awaited successor.

Legendary Dutch progressive rockers are pleased to announce they will return with their 18th studio album Out Of This World on the 7th May 2021. Following the bands return in 2018 with a new line-up, new record label and first new album since 2014 in Seventeen, the band are excited to reveal its eagerly awaited successor.

Founding member Ton Scherpenzeel comments: «Many people seem to consider the past year as a lost year, due to Covid. I don’t. I am not saying it was great, but it made me realize, once more, how fragile we all are. How connected everything and everyone is, with actions and consequences that touch us all. And that, on a smaller scale, and much closer to home, the new Kayak album could only have turned out the way it did. More than ever, it is clear that working with each other on this level can never be taken for granted. It requires dedication, and respect for each other’s talents and input. That’s the foundation upon which Kayak in 2021 is built».

Out Of This World, the band’s eighteenth studio album, with 15 new tracks, spanning 70 minutes of energetic and incredibly diverse material- though still very much recognizable as Kayak. It is clear that the new found energy has gained even more momentum since Hans Eijkenaar rejoined the group. Although they were forced to cancel all tours because Ton Scherpenzeel suffered a heart attack at the end of 2019, and immediately after that because of the Covid pandemic, we’re hearing a band that, since the demise of Pim Koopman in 2009, has not sounded more together, balanced and motivated.

The current line-up of the band is as follows:

Ton Scherpenzeel – Keyboards, lead and backing vocals

Bart Schwertmann – Lead and backing vocals

Marcel Singor – Guitar, lead and backing vocals

Kristoffer Gildenlöw – Bass, lead and backing vocals

Hans Eijkenaar- Drums

Kayak was formed in Hilversum, The Netherlands, back in 1972, by keyboard player Ton Scherpenzeel and drummer Pim Koopman who struck up a friendship in their early teens after meeting at a local volley ball club. They were committed to writing original material. With loads of melodic, symphonic songs in their pocket they recruited fellow music conservatory student Max Werner (lead vocals) and Johan Slager (guitar). After bass player Cees Van Leeuwen joined, the first lineup of Kayak was complete.

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