After 20 years of releases on their own Is It Balearic..? including the tasty recent retrospective of that period, Coyote pitch up with a new seven track LP on Philly’s Universal Cave. UC’s last few releases (on the Soft Rock for Hard Times series) have looked back, putting some new shade on older records, raw and reworked, but this latest one brings things bang up to date with new music from the duo.

Coyote’s stock in trade is deeply atmospheric music, of course inspired by the calmer moments that can come during a White Isle excursion. And while so much of that music which gets badged as Balearic can veer into wallpaper territory, this one as with their previous is a cut above. The additional Jamdown elements they’ve added to this record are just part of what makes it a little different from the usual. Of course, the ideal surroundings to enjoy this album would be a blissed out early morning sunrise, or better still, when day becomes night. A soundtrack that enables a dream state of elevated calm. Like the best, it very much can act as a transportation system to such a place. Even when not physically present in such an idealised environment. Each track stands alone, dripping with its own sense of space and time. Dub effects and echoes are forged with an Ibizan the ebb and flow and some homegrown essence to create a deeply satisfying trip to the mind.

‘Palo Santo’ almost comes in two parts. Opening with elongated drums and tropical loveliness before breaking out the whispered chants moving up a level or two to heighten the experience. ‘Meow Meow’ begins with more of a growl, distant orchestration sits behind the groove, dropping in and out to give room to the drums that keep the track on its unerring course. ‘Go With The Tide’ pushes a little for classic chill out territory, more whispered voices and eerie atmospherics sway forward and back with increasing intensity, pausing dramatically at times to take stock, before pushing on again. ‘Wood’ uses a familiar phrase in an altogether unfamiliar environment, take a listen and the title becomes clear. ‘Phat Lip’ breaks out the echo effects and some highly filtered guitar lines into some slowed down dubby business but with a touch of post punk attitude. Riding the dub wave just a little further again with ‘The Point’ there are more abstract voicings that add depth and colour to the production before the restrained euphoria of ‘Never Forget’ that closes out the record. Bienvenido a Jamrock.

Available now via Bandcamp.