“Trick” is Jamie T’s fourth album, following 2014’s Top 5 album “Carry On The Grudge” that ended a five-year hiatus and finished with two sold-out shows at London’s Alexandra Palace. At the beginning and end, it is the darkest, toughest, and most pessimistic of his decade in the limelight.

But in the middle, it’s a rock ‘n’ roll party album: albeit an edgy, punky reggae party where lost girls clash with 17th-century prophets of doom, exiled Brits clash with deserted American cities, trad-rock guitars clash with speed raps and dubby basslines.

The album was recorded and co-produced with long-time collaborator James Dring at The Premises and Moloko Studios in London, and partially recorded at High Bias in Detroit. The CD comes in a jewel case with a full-color 12-page booklet.