Three years in the making, (now L.A. based) singer-songwriter Peter Salett’s fifth solo album, In the Ocean of the Stars, is an often quiet, subtly shifting piece of introspective pop. Recalling the warm sincerity of Bread and other early ‘70s AM radio faves, Salett primarily centers his muse at the piano before stretching the sound with sudden jolts of distorted electric guitar (“What a Beautiful Dancer She Was”) and other stereophonic innovations. With mix producer Marvin Etzioni paying extra attention to the stereo effect, there is a widescreen production at work that deepens the listening field and allows such straightforward songs as “Magic Hour” and “Far, Far Away” to yield an extra dimension within their intimate confines. A starry haze highlights the finger-picked simplicity of “That Old Road.” Yet, while many sounds are spiced up, Salett can carry a tune by his lonesome and the unadorned piano and vocal of “Safe” is arguably the album’s finest tune. Salett is one songwriter who has been embraced within the industry — having songs featured in countless films, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Ten and The F Word — while remaining a well-kept secret among the mainstream. Time to let the secret out.