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Apr 27, 2026The Great Divide doesn’t shy away from portraying Kahan as a product and commodifying the vulnerability that’s at the heart of the confessional folk he seeks to make.
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Apr 24, 2026He’s got a good eye for detail, avoiding the blustery generalities to which his peers are sometimes prone. The issue with The Great Divide is that there’s an awful lot of what he does here: 17 tracks, its length suggestive not of the desire to make a grand statement, but uncertainty about where to edit.
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Apr 24, 2026Taken individually, most of the songs are classic, solid Kahan fare; they might not surpass Stick Season, exactly, but they’re cut from the same cloth. But when you look at the record in full, it starts to feel as if it never really coalesces—or, perhaps, it coalesces too much.