Kauan - Kaiho (2017)

Kauan have always created moments of quiet introspection, even amidst the thundering riffs and caustic screams that largely defined the contours of the band's earliest output. But on 'Kaiho', as Kauan step out of their past, songwriter and founding member Anton Belov explores the transition from idyllic childhood to the care-laden weight of adulthood, fondly and tenderly bringing the faded memories of days long gone to life. Kauan are from Russia, sing in Finnish, and are based in Ukraine, but their music is universally stirring.