San Francisco based indie rock group Imperial Teen have released their fifth album which is a buyout flavorful collection of power pop ditties that bounce and dance through your head for hours after you listen to them. Feel The Sound is slick but not stunted when it comes to production which allows the music to ebb and flow naturally. That's what this style of music needs to do in order to make an impact because of its subtle structure. The album's lead single and lead-off track, "Runaway", is perfectly in line with the kind of neo-bubblegum that we've come to expect thanks to classic records like 2007's The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band."Runaway" is a strong starter for this top flight record and while this isn't a masterpiece it has many songs that are just too good to ignore. There won't be anything here that surprises Imperial Teen fans, but everything here should make them happy. Every hook is tight and every lyric expertly delivered.
As the album plays through you get to hear some extremely good power pop like "Hanging About" and "Last To Know" which are of the highest sugar content one can fit into bubblegum power pop like this. Overall you get exactly what you paid for with this band and for those who aren't fans already this could be the beginning of a nice journey into the world of Imperial Teen.
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