Texan dream pop band Holy Wave have been nibbling at the hems of mainstream recognition for over fifteen years now, which kind of makes me wonder what they have to do to have their place carved out in the indie firmament. Perhaps this album – lucky number seven – will help. It’s wonderful.

Recorded in Mexico, it’s got some of the country’s spice and hazy sunshine. But it’s porous too, with a plethora of influences in its creation. ‘Happy Song’, a deeply ironic title, has a killer bassline and the blended female/male vocals make it a zesty cocktail of A.R. Kane, Cocteau Twins and Alice Coltrane.

‘US 54’ sounds like jazz at an art gallery full of asymmetric haircuts, which is all to the good. Essentially, there’s a full bag of tricks deployed, but with Dustin Zazoya’s wistful, almost androgynous vocals front and centre, the sound is very much their own, even when the sounds start to recede into an aural bubble bath.

‘first DAE’ has a rickety sixties sound, all spongy synth and swinging rhythm, but ‘I’m DADA’, the title track itself, leans into Can at their funkiest, albeit laced with bizarre, helium backing vocals. And ‘Too One’ travels even further afield, a dubby galaxy soundtrack for future astronaut ears. ‘Lull’, despite the title, has the audacity to at once soothe and unsettle.

Falling in love takes its time, but this album grew on me after three listens. Just like the art movement it takes its name from, it feels completely of the moment, and absolutely timeless.