and this time round it's even more about sweet white-boy soul music played
on real instruments and his Jamiroquai-meets-Terence Trent D'Arby voice. While that latter comparison might be off-putting, fear not. Lidell has a crisp and clean style, especially on chirpy opener
Another Day
, with its cheeping birds and feel-good clap-along, and the slinky
Green Light
.
Although sometimes, like on the raucous
Out of My System
, it comes across tinny and thin rather than deep and funky. And there is no excuse at all for the neo-soul gabba thrash chorus of
Hurricane
.
On
A Little Bit Of Feel Good
, where his inner Stevie Wonder comes out, and fun-loving hoot
Where D'You Go?
his voice has a more spirited and lively tone, and things get a little more fractured, and almost Timberlakesque on
Figured Me Out
. It's these sorts of diversions, and slow swooning moments - like the beautiful
All I Wanna Do
- that you want more of because thoughts of Terence and Jamiroquai tend to linger and nag in your ear.
Scott Kara
