Multi-talented songwriter, vocalist, and genre-bending force Clever expands the world of Coyote with a deluxe edition that adds eight new tracks to his already ambitious debut country record. Now a sprawling 30-song collection, the project dives even deeper into the sharp honesty, unflinching vulnerability, and genre-blurring storytelling that have become the signature of Clever’s artistry. If the original Coyote introduced the universe he’s building, the deluxe version plants even more emotional landmarks across it.

Among the new additions, “If God Counts The Tears” stands out as one of the most powerful and affecting songs Clever has ever written. Told from the perspective of a mother praying over her daughter, the track is haunting in its simplicity and devastating in its truth. Lines like “If God counts the tears that you make a woman cry, would you change your ways?” highlight Clever’s ability to ask universal questions through deeply personal storytelling. It’s a slow burn that unfolds like a prayer, steady, tender, and soaked in fear, hope, and heartbreak. It’s the emotional centerpiece of the deluxe.

“A Rock Through the Stained Glass” opens the new tracklist with another slow, cinematic ballad. Clever sings about finding someone who brings beauty out of brokenness, using imagery like “you’re like a rock through the stained glass, there’s beauty where it’s broken.” It’s a love song for the moment you realize healing has finally arrived, delivered with raw edges and timeless sincerity.

On “Boys Don’t Cry,” Clever turns the camera inward, confronting the emotional conditioning young men inherit and the wreckage it leaves behind. Through confessions of crime, prison, and regret, he exposes the danger of swallowing pain until it turns destructive. The refrain – “boys don’t cry, they shoot nine millimeters” – is brutal, memorable, and painfully honest. Clever has always thrived when blurring the line between character and confession, and this track is one of his strongest examples yet.

Another standout, “Sorry For Your Loss,” takes on grief with the steady quiet of someone walking through the aftermath of tragedy. Clever captures the strange, empty language of condolences, how people say “I’m here for you” even when nothing really helps – and counterbalances it with personal longing: “I wish I could rewrite the pages and turn back time.” It’s one of the most tender songs in the new batch, a soft spotlight on the helplessness of trying to comfort someone who has lost more than words can reach.

The deluxe closes its emotional circle with “This Empty Chair,” a nostalgic, beautifully detailed ode to the objects we can’t throw away because they hold the people who aren’t here anymore. Clever traces childhood memories carved into a worn wooden chair, letting the picture unfold slowly until the chair becomes a symbol of belonging, loss, and legacy. It’s storytelling at its purest.

Across all of the new songs, Clever proves once again that he’s one of the most fearless narrators in modern music. He blends melody and meaning with no concern for genre lines, only for his truth, and Coyote (Deluxe) cements that approach. Whether he’s singing about heartbreak, redemption, grief, or growth, Clever writes with a pen that cuts, comforts, and never once looks away.