Opener Overwhelmed drifts on hushed piano chords and a filtered beat leaving room for Victoria Port’s soaring, unhurried vocal. With saxophones and flutes panned wide gently circling the mix, it’s weightless, soulful and luxurious. On the second track Really (Nothing Is Cool) the duo up the tempo with a gorgeous house groove flecked with glitchy jazzy textures à la St Germain with Port’s vocals remaining understated, gliding above Max Wheeler’s subtle production flourishes. The result is both dancefloor ready and intimately soulful.

Afternoon is all warm grooves reminiscent of Disclosure at their most inviting, and the album’s range quickly surprises. My Mother’s Mother is a clear early highlight where the steady kick drum is twinned with the delicate sound of the kora, played by Jally Kebba Susso in a fascinating intersection of African tradition and electronic textures. Just four songs in and Ancestry has already travelled remarkable stylistic ground without ever breaking its warm, sunlit cohesion. Much of the record rests on a steady four-to-the-floor heartbeat but it rarely chases peaks, instead building loops, layers and subtle instrumental details that draw you deeper. Tracks like Higher Ground show how much they can do with the simplest structures, letting loops shimmer and breathe. Q&A is the record’s fastest cut, darting into a brisk garage tempo, yet still retaining the soft, glowing warmth that defines the album. Closer Only Your Love is a final surprise, sliding into straight up late-90s R&B with real guitar licks, a smooth saxophone line, and the most affectionate vocal bringing the album to its soulful finish. It’s a wide palette that never loses its identity, stretching across house, soul, garage, downbeat electronica, African instrumentation, and R&B. It always feel warm, summery, and friendly, but it’s endlessly inventive in how those textures interlock. The songs breathe with a natural groove, all delivered with an understated confidence that will make you want to listen back again and again.