Kevin Bronson on November 11th, 2011

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Today’s unsettling news: One major label buys another major label. Ugh. Black Sabbath to reunite. Ugh. People are still excited about Childish Gambino. Ugh. Doesn’t anybody here have an item that will make me smile? Actually, yes. Imperial Teen is coming back with a new album, its fifth and first since 2007. “Feel the Sound” will be out Jan. 31 on Merge, and the first single “Runaway” finds the San Francisco-bred quartet of Roddy Bottum, Lynn Perko Truell, Will Schwartz, and Jone Stebbins in vintage form, crafting sharp, buoyant pop that throws back to the 1970s without pillaging it. Earlier this year, we got some sticky stuff from Imperial Teen’s Will Schwartz, doing business as Psychic Friend. It’s nice to have the rest of his friends back too.

||| Download: “Runaway”

Photo: Imperial Teen promo, 2007