The 10-track Panamerica is a largely instrumental, vibrant, and virtuoso coming together of North American electric guitar and rock ‘n roll heritage with classical guitar-based bolero, cumbia, Tejano, ranchera and rhumba influences from Latin America, alongside hints of Hawaiian, surf, and country music. Filtering stylishly throwback vibes through the prism of Garcia’s very here-and-now creative curiosity, it’s a percussion-adorned album of what he calls “new nostalgia.”

“For me, Panamerica is transporting. It moves the mind to another place, instantly,” notes Garcia. “It’s open to the listener, but I want to take you away from where you are, at least for the three minutes of a song or the thirty minutes of the album.”