Coyote / The Higher The Sky, The Deeper The Ocean / NuNorthern Soul – By Adam Turner

Wonderful words by the ever erudite Adam Turner. The new 6-track Coyote album, The Higher The Sky, The Deeper The Ocean, landed recently, almost a year after its predecessor, Wailing To The Yellow Dawn. These two long-players follow a pair of similar releases from the Notts duo, Everything Moves, Nothing Rests from 2022 and Hurry Up And Live from 2024. All four sets share a similar space and feel, with aptly and expertly selected vocal samples, rich and deep Coyote dub basslines, Balearic beats, ambient synth chords and an optimistic, forward thinking feel. Coyote’s music often seems like its bathed in sunlight and The Higher The Sky… is no exception. Across the collected tracks Coyote travel from ambient acoustic guitars and drones, on Muted Beauty, and the spaced out synths and off kilter on rhythms of Go All The Way, to the Balearic echo and four-four thump of A Drop In The Ocean, a tune with some lovely piano and bumping bass. Dolce Far Niente is appropriately psychedelic, with…