Not a Carl Craig record, though it has the stamp of the famed Detroit techno producer throughout, the Tribe’s new full-length is a near-perfect record for the times. By standing behind the politics of love in an age of global dread, that jazz remains an on-message American art form. The mood set here is solemn; the spacey abstract expressionism of the original group’s pioneering early 1970s material is largely absent, their sound re-shaped into a neo-traditional funk-jazz package. Yet surviving members Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Marcus Belgrave, and Doug Hammond sure can swing, especially on standout track “Livin’ in a New Day.” It’s layered with trombones, trumpets, saxophones, and Ranelin’s vocals, all deftly electronically treated by Craig in his Motor City studio.