Kaybino’s four-song ep Regurgitate is a lush and accomplished work of dreamy folk. Primarily consisting of vocals and acoustic guitar, the ep layers in some additional acoustic accompaniment as well as subtle swarms of modulated synths and filtered backing vocals. That sounds pretty par-for-the-course amid contemporary indie folk, but I don’t want to sell Regurgitate short – every chord is thoughtful, every progression and melody intentional, and every element is delivered with poise and balance that renders the whole an immediate and arresting listen.

After a brief introduction foreshadowing some of the light production to be found on the subsequent track, “Fighting Illini Master” convenes with unconventional chords and beautiful upper-register vocals that explore the edges of the melody. The vocals are less raspy than Feist’s, but there are similar impulses, especially in the harmonized backing runs that bloom in the back half of the song. Delicate and tasteful synths add to the atmosphere.

This attention to detail and overarching approach persists through the ep. The songs are simple but dignified, never overcluttered, everything intentional. The recording is intimate, and lofi, but nicely rendered and inviting. Every song operates in this realm of wispy, organic weightlessness, like the musical equivalent of cottonwood fluff: drifting, airy, revelatory.

Kaybino’s Bandcamp is one of the more populated I’ve seen, with nearly 40 separate releases over the last few years. Some of these albums are musical diaries – a song a day for a month, each recorded on a phone.Regurgitatedoesn’t come off as one-day sketches. The songs are decisive and confident compositions, not overworked but clearly thought through and completed. The final track (which includes a nod to its incompletion in its title “Anticoke – needs mastering”) could, in a vacuum, benefit from a more thoughtfully constructed ending. But Kaybino seems to understand that every ending is a construct. Everything we hear is part of a larger, overarching oeuvre, a movement that will never cease. Kaybino’sRegurgitateis a current, always current, a moment that always is.