After a trilogy of highly successful trio albums (Changing Places, The Ground, Being There), Tord Gustavsen branches off in new directions. His new band adds two players familiar to ECM listeners bassist Mats Eilertsen and saxophonist Tore Brunborg and introduces the blues-inflected voice of Kristin Asbjørnsen on Tord s settings of the poetry of W.H. Auden. Inside the ensemble, duo and trio interaction unfolds, taking off from the clear melodic language of Gustavsen s songwriting.