The howl of this Coyote is more like a technicolour starburst exhalation where, if time doesn’t stand still, it at least kicks back and basks in a unique feeling of unbridled calm and mindblowing sonic rapture. Timm Sure and Ampo were part of Unity Crescent, who showed signs of this direction but, striking out on their own, set the controls for the heart of the sun and Ibiza’s Salinas Beach when it sets, boasting an innate ability to transform the back garden or anywhere it’s sprayed. They’ve released several wonderful EPs on their Is It Balearic? label. Now comes a whole album, stuffed to the pulsating gills with exotic aural flights and pastoral melodic swirls. ‘Pacific Breeze’ gets proceedings under way with languorous piano riding gorgeous waves of rippling guitars and sublime strings, setting a template of shimmering textures and steady, rolling beats through tracks like ‘Wildness’, ‘Love Handles’ and ‘California’, all operating in endless dub canyons. The blissful drift of ‘Electric Sunburst’ could be the ultimate Balearic statement while the female vocals wafting over ‘Boat Trip’ add another dimension, as does the acid flecking ‘The Beach’. ‘Poyote Sunset’ injects Native American expounding into its opiated bongo-pattering dream-state, the album’s trademark gentle guitars particularly effective here. ‘Live This Life’ takes the album out on a raft of tranquil pads. The tracks all hover around the six or seven minute mark, allowed to breathe, sprout luminous tentacles and fly to places rarely glimpsed on modern electronic records often bent on darkside scuttling. At Harlyn Bay the sun comes out and never goes down.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Kris Needs
