Connection and collaboration is at the heart of the music, with the three members each bringing their own traditions, themes, and musical forms together to create something new. The results of this mixing are definitely not mud-brown beige; rather it's a tapestry of distinctive colours carefully woven into shapes and streams by artists who understand both the parts of the music and how it makes up a convincing and satisfying whole.
We start with McCullough's The Other Fulton Street, paying tribute to his links and background with the Fulton Street Collective in Chicago. A vibes-led slow intro gives way to a bright and energetic jazz workout with McCullough stretching his lips toward the top of his horn and Cosker keeping up the pace from behind the drum kit. Herak plays his part here and across the album as the lone chordal instrument (no piano or guitar on this road trip!). Towndrow flies in on alto with a fleet-fingered display of runs and double density sounds (making the
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