Sander van Munster went back to the songs that were recorded during the sessions for Kiss Your Friends, the latest album by his No Ninja Am I project. In hindsight the exclusion of Quand se Couche le Soleil, which is now also released as a single, seemed a bit odd, since it fits the overall mood of the album pretty well.
Kiss Your Friends Deluxe also features the short dreamy instrumental Snooze, acting as a set-up for him being woken up by his daugther in the title track, an alternate take of The Fire is Good, and the instrumental Kiss Your Friends #2,5. The inclusion of the latter is the fourth version of the same song on the album, which might seem overkill, but each one of them can hold its own. Try playing all of them in a row.
Van Munster has mastered the art of subtlety and his Deluxe version will appease those who wanted more and it offers a glimpse of his modus operandi as he feels his way through his compositions.
Kiss Your Friends Deluxe is a self-released album. Buy it from his website.
Tracks:- Quand se Couche le Soleil
- Snooze
- Kiss Your Friends
- If You Want This
- Might as Well
- 1969
- The Fire is Good
- Loadstar Blues
- Kiss Your Friends #2
- Kiss Your Friends #3
- Outro (Sonho)
- The Fire is Good (alt. take)
- Kiss Your Friends #2,5
HCTF review of Kiss Your Friends
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