"Get Over It" - Solid Gold

Yet another 1980's reboot I'm afraid. Although "Get Over It" is pleasing to the ears, it's unremarkable. Solid Gold have cashed in on the recent craze of sounding like something that would be played on Flash FM, though have tried to gain a middle ground between pop and eighties rehash - and not done very well.

It is an okay song, just predictable. It's got tones of Calvin Harris and Kasabian, but ultimately is destined for the graveyard. This is hardly a new trick and, the reinvention of music long past its sell-by date has to be done right - otherwise you end up with this; boring, shop-front soundtrack - TV advert music.

As part of an overall scene of music, this is a good solid track, but from a band that is clearly a bit of a one-trick pony. If you wanted to buy into the genre as a whole, then by all means get the album. Their credibility has been proven in other means; The Ting Tings handpicked them to as support, and they obviously can make a good pop track - but that's just it. This song has no hook, no sonic-boom of a chorus, and no discernable features differentiating it from the better artists out there. Or maybe I've just got a spot of review-fatigue (it seems that the last three IFS offerings have sounded exactly the same).

Genius reccomendations for this track were; Cloud Cult; Haley Bonar; Wild Beasts; Chris Koza and Jeremy Messersmith.

"You'll Disappear" - The Phenomenal Handclap Band

"You'll Disappear" could have been the soundtrack for GTA Vice City. The slick, streamlined intfo is about as eighties as Topman's latest collection - the music video should simply be footage of people in suits with shoulder pads and rolled-up sleeves walking the streets of Miami, carrying an oversized tapedeck over their shoulder. And yet, although this is yet another song infused with the spirit of reaganomics, The Phenomenal Handclap Band seem to have made it into a very catchy tune. Although sparse with lyrics, the mesmerising vocals keep make You'll Disappear into a hypnotically relaxing track. In layman's terms, Belle & Sebastian plus Neon Neon equals The Phenomenal Handclap Band.

Having looked at the most popular tracks from the rest of the album, this act seem to have every base of the decade everyone wants to forget covered. For instance, "Baby" sounds like the credits music for Columbo, and "15 To 20" is so bubble-wrapped and resonating of materialistic lust it might be a radio commercial for a bank loan - even the album's artwork resembles a stage show by Iron Maiden.

The Phenomenal Handclap Band's debut album is available right now on iTunes, and if you're a fan of artists like Sam Sparro or Neon Neon, this is your foot in the door into the non-mainstream quarter of the genre.

Genius reccomendations for this track were; N.A.S.A.; Camera Obscura; The Bravery; Grace Jones and TV On The Radio.