Although this is In the Country's fifth album, it marks their debut on the ACT label having previously recorded for Rune Grammofon. Qvenild is an in-demand musician on the busy Oslo scene, reaching perhaps his largest audiences as a member of Solveig Slettahjell's Slow Motion Quintet and as the sole member of the Magical Orchestra accompanying Susanna (Wallumrød). A studiously quirky pianist, he has created his own space in jazz today that finds its expressive range by interconnecting a string of subtly unexpected twists and turns, such as the coda of ‘Birch Song’, as if he had abruptly turned off a main road into some dark and threatening alleyway and you're told to get out and find your own way home. His early recordings were not noted for giving everyone a comfortable ride, and could often appear as vehicles for the unexpected, but over more recent times he has become more aware of a musician's story-telling privilege, perhaps consciously or unconsciously imbibed through his work with vocalists. Thus Sunset Sunrise is revealing of both artistic growth and maturity. Electronics are not used to assert a modernist disposition, but as an integral part of realising a collective voice. A subtle change perhaps, but one that lends greater depth and meaning to their work, such as their exposition of ‘The Fluke, A Whale’s Tale', which takes time and patience to reveal its purpose.