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Something in the water though has changed in Finland resulting in a disappointing album. Though there are moments of interest such as Midnight In Trieste, most other tracks play to a tried and tested jazz-dance formula. The album veers towards the worst excesses of acid jazz of bland melody and innocuous rhythms and touches too close to retro stylings.

The great jazz-singer Mark Murphy joins the group for two tracks, Kerouc Days In Montana and Come And Get Me, which are both OK-ish in a non-offending way. If these collaborations were released pre-Koop or Jose James, then it might offer some interest but both artists are head and shoulders away this fare. It is a real shame, as both Mark Murphy and The Five Corners Quintet on paper would be a match made in heaven, but unfortunately it seems the best ideas have been left behind.

Make no mistake this is no a bad album per se, and some of the music is fun in a throwaway pop Sixties way, but The Five Corners Quintet are capable of much, more than this.