With “Sisters,” Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat continues its run of songs that are neither disastrous nor particularly memorable — and that, in itself, says quite a lot. Our immediate reaction was mild indifference: nothing here really sticks, but nothing actively offends either.

Musically, the track drifts into familiar mid-80s territory, with hints of continental European pop and faint echoes of the Schlager vibes we’ve already encountered on side B. It feels oddly disconnected from the sharper, more “modern” moments elsewhere on the album, making the stylistic jumps on this record feel even more pronounced.

Where the song does redeem itself is lyrically. The idea — a romantic entanglement involving two sisters — is classic Ron Mael territory: slightly awkward, morally ambiguous, and played with a straight face. Lines like “sisters in oversupply” and the image of walking “hand in hand in hand” bring back a flicker of that unmistakable Sparks quirkiness, even if the music never quite rises to meet it.

Not a single, never played live, never covered — “Sisters” exists firmly as a deep album cut, notable mainly as another example of how this album often buries its best ideas beneath uninspired production choices. A forgotten Sparks song, perhaps understandably so.