Noah Kahan returned to Saturday Night Live on Saturday, performing two tracks from his fourth album, The Great Divide. The Vermont singer-songwriter opened with the album's title track, co-written with producer Gabe Simon, who also worked on his earlier hit "Stick Season." His second performance was "Doors," a collaboration with Sam Westhoff.
This was Kahan's return to Studio 8H since his SNL debut in December 2023. The Great Divide debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top Rock & Alternative and Top Americana/Folk charts. The album contains 17 tracks and runs 77 minutes.
Rolling Stone's Jon Dolan described the album as "a smart synthesis of Bon Iver's ethereal falsetto indie-folk, Zach Bryan's everyman storytelling, Mumford & Sons' acoustic stomp, and a Taylor Swiftian eye for lyrical detail."
Kahan told Rolling Stone, which made him their June cover star, that he has long admired that sound. "I always thought the millennial 2010s thing was brilliant, and I never stopped loving it," he said. "I've always felt very defensive of their sound."
When comparisons to Mumford & Sons arise, Kahan embraces them. "I'm like, 'I love Mumford & Sons! Thank you for the compliment!'"
