For their second release Oumuamua, London jazz quartet Golden Mean made a small change, recruiting drummer Jamie Murray in place of their original skins-beater. Otherwise the lineup – guitarist Luke Wynter, keyboardist Lyle Barton, and bassist Tom Driessler – remains the same, as does their sound. Hearkening back to the funky, R&B-heavy fusion of the early seventies – Herbie Hancock/Crusaders division – Golden Mean paint colorful portraits that promote accessibility over complexity for its own sake. Songs like “The Breaks” (not that one), “The Hive
