This Richmond, Virginia band play a kind of hushed fusion. Though the inspiration of the likes of Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra is acknowledged, high-energy electric virtuosity isn’t their thing. Instead, the core of opening track ‘Flat’ is Devonne Harris’s delicate, suspended keyboard breakdown, which acts like a fusion reverie. Andrew Randazzo’s bouncing bass pulse and Corey Fonville’s Blakey-like, relentless engine room – all flicks and snare cracks and restrained power – coalesce with Morgan Burr’s chicken-scratch funk guitar on ‘918’ to show they can motor when they want to. But the way the initial headlong rush of ‘Camden Square’ simmers down to the heart-slowing, meditative sinuousness of Marcus Tenney’s sax solo, then the rhythm section’s staccato shuffle, shows the subtle, resourceful detail of their approach. Gearbox’s customary, precisely organic sound helps. Butcher Brown have been crossing the States as Kam asi Washington’s support, and they seem a perfect pick.