Ninja Tune's ever growing and ever diverse roster facilitates a new album from Portico, the trio of Duncan Bellamy, Milo Fitzpatrick and Jack Wyllie who are founding members of the now defunct Portico Quartet. Living Fields should be seen as quite a separate endeavour to their previous efforts, and it finds them exploring new directions backed by the distinct voices of Jono McCleery, Alt J's Joe Newman and Jamie Woon. Delving into the same realm of post bass music song crafting that has made Jim Blake a worldwide star, this is a confident new direction for the Portico crew and an album that teeters wonderfully between melancholy and euphoria.