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With indie pop celebrating a massive resurgence and bands like the Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys becoming ever more inescapable, it's little wonder the indie pop bands of the nineties are trying to wriggle in and get a share of the glory they never got back in their youthful prime. Silver Sun's first mistake, though, is that they've overestimated the importance of the synthesiser in modern indie pop, and the only immediate thought that springs to mind on hearing Immediate is; "Hey, calm down with the synths!"
The second mistake was picking the wrong track as the A-side. Track two, Dance With Me, is a squillion times catchier and buckets more fun, and while it might be a little too sixties for a time when the musical world is rather more eighties-orientated, it at least has a sense of direction and purpose that Immediate seems to lack.
Track three sounds like a Weezer record played at 45rpm instead of 33, which is an interesting sound but, sadly, like both the other tracks on the single, just not enough to make the return of Silver Sun something to get even marginally excited about. Perhaps in a parallel universe, where everyone loves other Phantom Planet songs besides the OC soundtrack tune California, these guys could have a place in contemporary music. But in this universe it seems extremely unlikely that this will do anything except sink without a trace. Sorry.
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