“When I was writing this I was
feeling lost from who I’d origi-
nally thought I was going to be
to who I was,” recalled Kanach.
“This is me looking back on my
life and seeing this whole spec-
trum of everything that hap-
pened and wondering what do
I do with it? The 30 songs tell a
piece of that story, but they’re
all like mosaic tiles in a larger
framework. I think that in every-
body’s different way, we all have
this illusion of what it’s going to
be and the reality of what it is.”
Kanach’s vision for the work
doesn’t end with the album, it ac-
tually begins there. His ultimate
goal is an elaborate, multimedia
piece. He is currently writing
out the plan for an experimental
film, which further adds to the
story. He envisions a stand alone
film, but one that also has the
live band performing the songs
while the video plays on multiple
screens behind the band. As
you listen to the record, it’s easy
to imagine the concept. Kanach
has several movie scenes already
Listen to “Shine” by Tom Kanach
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