Vurdering: 4/5

"Theirs is the outlier in the band's work, and it offers listeners a way to hear Thumbscrew with new ears. Because jazz fans know tunes like "Stablemates" and "The Peacocks" so well, the Thumbscrew treatment reveals more than new facets of these standards. The real revelation is the range of the band itself ... Among these three musicians, it is easy to lean most into your feelings about Halvorson, with her unique tone and primacy in carrying most of the melodies. But the other argument that Thumbscrew makes emphatically is that working ensembles, cooperative bands that find some magic and stick together, are bigger than any one "star" player. Thumbscrew is one of those bands. A pleasure despite its name. Just as was intended"