Casssie Kinoshi is staking a claim as one of the most ambitious members of what could be called the 2010s Tomorrow’s Warriors graduates. She has keen orchestral interests. If her Seed Ensemble’s debut Driftglass showed an ability to intelligently score horns and rhythm section then this new offering raises the stakes.

Everything is bigger. More brass, reeds and strings, notably the two double basses that bring great might to a mighty sound. The composing and arranging, which deploy effective counterpoint and often position Shirley Tetteh’s strikingly ethereal guitar chords as a kind of glow amid the darker harmonies, are tasteful, and Kinoshi is clearly developing her marks of distinction as a writer.

At times there are slight echoes of the atmospheric, violin-laden sound 4-Hero created with their audacious blend of drum&bass, soul and jazz in the early 2000s, but as accomplished as gratitude is the music would benefit from a greater variety of tempo, texture and ambiance. Kinoshi has settled into a not uninteresting groove, but she might do well to settle out of it.