Everyone knows the Coromandel is the place to be over the summer and this wisdom has not been lost on dub/reggae outfit Fat Freddy's Drop.

It'll be booming beats, phat grooves and feel-good vibes a plenty when the Wellington seven-piece band plays Coroglen Tavern on December 30 and then Whangamata's Big Top on December 31.

Wellington seven-piece dub/reggae band Fat Freddy's Drop will play Brewers Field in Mount Maunganui on Tuesday, December 29. Photo: Harry A'Court/Supplied

And some more good news for Fat Freddy's fans: this upcoming national tour will also celebrate the band's fourth studio album BAYS, which is set for release this October.

Fat Freddy's vocalist Joe Dukie says the 9-track LP exudes the confidence of a band truly comfortable in their skin.

'It's been a more creative process writing this album in the studio rather than recording songs which have been well road-tested.”

BAYS was recorded at the band's BAYS Studio in Wellington, which was previously an HMV vinyl pressing plant back in the 1950's.

It was predominantly written in the studio and draws on the lexicon of genres that have come to epitomize the bands' sound.

It opens with the slow burn funk of ‘Wairunga Blues' before journeying through a hybrid of reggae and jazz with techno rhythms, underpinning Fat Freddy's signature horns and Joe's soulful and introspective vocal, before finally arriving on the crooked blues jam of ‘Novak'.

BAYS follows in the wake of Fat Freddy's successful 2013 album Blackbird which sold over 200,000 album copies worldwide.

The worldwide BAYS album tour will kick off at a sold out Auckland Town Hall show on October 24, and then Fat Freddy's will head off to Europe for shows throughout November.

Fans can also catch Fat Freddy's in Mount Maunganui where they'll be playing in Brewers Field on Tuesday, December 29.

Fat Freddy's Drop New Zealand Summer Tour hits Coroglen Tavern in Coroglen on Wednesday, December 30 and then Big Top in Whangamata on Thursday, December 31.

Presale tickets go on sale from 12pm on September 10 and are available via Ticketmaster.