For such a short song, ‘Abraham’ packs stupefying amounts of punch. Heaving from humble beginnings to an explosive crescendo then back again to a subdued coda, I genuinely have no clue how Kirk van Saturn managed to pull all this off in less than 2 and a half minutes. There is also a guitar solo in there.
London-based Kirk van Saturn is perhaps unlike most other singers and songwriters out there. With his bountiful interest in magical and mystical things, his songs are bound to have at least some off-kilter cues, and he delivers on ‘Abraham’. A song rooted in a fusion between primal jungle music and delta blues, ‘Abraham’ lacks nothing in the energy fronts.
An energetic, charged, and eclectic stomper, there is perhaps little more enchanting than Kirk van Saturn’s extremely economical approach to structuring the song. Truly, for such a little song, van Saturn manages to include everything that matters in there, with nothing sounding rushed or like an afterthought. Perhaps with the simplicity that the blues is generally built upon, there is not much need for a million moving parts to make a song feel complete, which can explain a little the song’s sense of completion with such a short runtime. But still, if for nothing else, Kirk van Saturn should be praised for a bold piece of songwriting that is as unique as it is quirky as it is exciting. The best of all worlds as it seems.
A fantastic mix, a fiery solo, an earworm of a riff, a rich buildup and a satisfying return to earth, ‘Abraham’ is brashly magical.
