Trust us when we say that countless otherwise sage people have sacrificed years of their lives trying to accurately summarize the music of Kayo Dot. Singer, composer and chief conceptualist Toby Driver once allied himself with doom metal’s experimental wing. But over the course of three extraordinary studio albums made with ever-shifting lineups, Kayo Dot has become a protean entity that draws equally upon goth rock, free jazz, prog, contemporary classical music and much, much more.

Coyote, Kayo Dot’s forthcoming album, finds the group continuing to break new ground. Recorded in Seattle with engineer Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, Six Organs of Admittance), the session features a wind-heavy lineup that combines the pulverizing force of early Kayo Dot with the extraordinary finesse and attention to detail found on the band’s last album, Blue Lambency Downward. In addition to Driver (on bass guitar and vocals) and Kayo Dot mainstay Mia Matsumiya, the group now includes multi-instrumentalists Daniel Means, David Bodie and Terran Olson, plus special guest trumpeter Tim Byrnes. Coyote is due out in early 2010 on Hydra Head, but thanks to the band, the label and Solid PR, the Volume is proud to offer an exclusive preview track: “Whisper Ineffable,” 11 minutes and 15 seconds of shock and awe that could have come only from Kayo Dot.