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Reg has matured a lot, and Jet Black is easily the most dynamic and upbeat record of his career.
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The album's production and Vermue's economical, buttoned-down songwriting offer plenty of tonal and genre variation, but everything still feels like it's hitting the same mark.
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Even more encouraging is that, vocally, Reg at last sounds up to the challenge of the musical variety displayed on this album.
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Too many of the songs settle into lackluster grooves, and pairing those grooves with Vermue's style-over-substance vocal affectations makes the album less than memorable.
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Under The RadarGentleman Reg returns with a fine collection of whip-smart pop ditties. [Spring 2009, p.76]
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While the closing tracks have some flashes of interest, they repeatedly fall into the same saccharine McCartney-esque cliches, making the last chapter of the album as unremarkable as the first.
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It all just cries out for a little more oomph.