Bleep

Following a surge of acclaim around their seventh full-length Monument in 2021, Portico Quartet offers a heartfelt addendum with Next Stop. Often avoiding simple characterisation with their electronic-minded jazz, Portico Quartet continues Monument’s move towards more accessible terrain with four tracks that celebrate the group’s ability to mainline wistfulness into their heady arrangements. ‘Captured Time’ opens the set on an achingly beautiful note, EP highlight ‘Next Stop’ follows with a frenzied rhythm section in ⅞ that encapsulates the quartet’s unfailingly adventurous spirit.