Jack Peñate distinguishes himself from the current glut of British R&B revivalists with a shortcoming: He's a soul singer who can't really sing. In songs like the Philly-soul-flavored single "Be the One," the 24-year-old Londoner deploys his high, reedy tenor like a rocker, barking rather than crooning. The raggedy vocals suit Peñate's music: He writes shapely uptempo love songs, and with help from producer Paul Epworth (Bloc Party), he fluently blends styles, mixing up classic soul with thrusting marching-band brass ("Let's All Die"), Afropop ("Tonight's Today") and Tropicália ("Give Yourself Away"). It's an appealingly scruffy sound — an underdog album, a record you want to root for.