Monument Portico Quartet

“the London outfit return with their most electronic offering to date. The band’s jazz tendencies have gone nowhere but these moments are often embellished by lashings of synth, subtle beats and crisp grooves. It’s an expansive yet streamlined record which often marries minimal electronica with unfurling post-rock soundscapes.” - Daniel Dylanwray, Uncut

“lies at some remote waystation between ECM and Ninja Tune, with a coolly smoldering wind blowing in from somewhere in Scandinavia. “Opening” seems to suffuse the questing post-rock of Jaga Jazzist with the gradual glow of Jóhann Jóhannsson. The glassy club music of “Impressions” is fogged with solos that recall the gentler side of Arve Henriksen. “Ultraviolet” is Terry Riley trying drum’n’bass. Afterimages of Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada overlay those of Philip Glass and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The ratios change; the music somehow doesn’t. The ensemble fastidiously conjures shades of electronic music, pop, and jazz from the center of its comfort zone as an elegant post-rock band transfixed by Steve Reich.” - Pitchfork