Regarding the name, The Androids - with 'The' and an 's' - can be added to The Strokes, The Vines, The Datsuns, The Libertines and so on. Musically, however, it is a bit different. Because where the aforementioned bands are part of the garage rock trend that emerged around 2000, The Androids is a band that belongs more in the corner of 'commercial power pop with a punk edge'. This was already apparent
… from the single Do It With Madonna, in which singer / lyricist Tim Henwood unleashes his fantasies on different ladies such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Pink, but ultimately chooses Madonna as the ultimate woman. In the Netherlands the song received a lot of radio airplay and in home country Australia it even earned the band a platinum record. The rest of the album is also full of this kind of smoothly produced, slick rock songs that listen well but don't make much of an impression. That's a shame, because tracks like Bored and Automatic, which remind you a bit of Ash, prove that The Androids can do better. (IV)more
