"Chasing the Sun" The Wanted

Is it over already for UK import The Wanted? Despite scoring one of the year's biggest smashes thus far with "Glad You Came," the teen boy band's self-titled EP debuted with sales of only 35,000 last month before quickly dropping off the charts. (That's a fraction of the business done by rivals One Direction, who are still going strong in the top ten of the Billboard 200.) And follow-up single "Chasing the Sun"—currently failing to catch hold on pop radio—doesn't offer much renewed hope for their prospects. Saddled again with generic techno production, this time the song can't even rise above on the strength of a breezy Ibiza hook. The heavy, minor-key synths create an oppressive atmosphere, dampening the mood, the melody and even the chorus of "oh oh ohs." If "Sun" is the best of what The Wanted has left to offer, it's hard to imagine we'll be hearing from them Stateside for much longer. C+