Artist: Gentleman Reg
Title: Jet Black
A long time coming and much-anticipated — for too long now being a Gentleman Reg fan has meant merely seeing him in his man-about-town role at other people's gigs and analysing how scraggly his beard had gotten. Happily, after the wait, this pretty much lives up to the expectations put on it. Sonically, this is Reg's best sounding album, and very much a delight to listen to. The songs themselves nearly measure up to high-water mark Darby & Joan, meaning, on the whole, this is a rather good disc. Starting off with some solid rockers (with a few glam-y touches here and there), it really hits its peak in the middle with the back to back knockouts "Rewind" and "We're in a Thunderstorm" — the former boosted by Katie Sketch's vox and the latter a disco quiet stormer that would make a good comedown from H&LA's "Blind". Also a lot of pleasant instrumental textures that would assure that this would fit in amongst its A&C brethren. I might've trimmed one or two of the slower, quieter numbers, but overall a strong effort. Hopefully the next one won't be so long in coming.
Track Picks: 6 - "Rewind", 7 - "We're in a Thunderstorm"
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