After Memphis’ Reigning Sound took time off to write music and play with ex-Shangri-Las vocalist Mary Weiss on her solo Dangerous Game album, the band regrouped for Love and Curses, their fourth studio album in eight years. The music here shows why Reigning Sound — and particularly songwriter Greg Cartwright — was perfect for Weiss’ “comeback” record: a soulful, R&B-rooted rock sound erupts from these musicians as naturally as the sweat on their foreheads. Love and Curses is a perfect blend, with howling garage stompers, mid-weight vintage pop delights and Cartwright’s affinity for classic, R&B-flavored garage rock all coming through in equal doses. Their take on an obscure ‘60s tune, “Stick Up for Me” (by the Glass Sun), matches the power of Cartwright’s own organ-driven retro stompers “Debris” and “If I Can’t Come Back,” while “Something to Hold Onto” and “The Bells” purr with a Van Morrison soul. The musically charming “Banker and a Liar” glitters with accordion and mandolin, but a slightly sinister — and cinematic — tone colors the song.