I'm late to this party - but I just got myself a copy of Ima Robot by Ima Robot.

I don't get as much time as I would like to feed my craving for fresh new music. But, every so often I binge and listen to a ton of it... most of the time its a single or two that catch my attention and the rest of a band's album will forever fade away... but every once and a while I hear an album that I really dig.

Ima Robot is just one of those albums. I don't know a thing about the band - but then again I couldn't care less. The album is a breath of fresh air. Well sort of.

Its a early 80s post punk early synth sound - dare I call it 'new wave'? blech... nah - 'new nu wave' - uggg... never mind...

I'm cool with the heavy use of disco bass and drums that fill songs from several current indie pop bands (its catchy after all) - but its over done. Its as if every record label had the same idea at the same time... sign and push every band that's got a catchy retro beat with a modern twist... Well, Ima Robot is not one of those bands... and for that reason the sound is refreshing - and for that reason getting heavy rotation on the iPod.

andre