All skinny ties and irresistible pop hooks, the ANIMATRONICS carry on the tradition of the many geek-chic savants who have come before: Buddy Holly, Devo, The Embarrassment, The Buggles, Weezer, maybe Lifter Puller. Fusing CARS-like hooks to a DEVO-esque (read: sarcastic and funny) take on man’s separation from his environment, THE ANIMATRONICS are unabashedly ‘wave. But unlike the many who are currently attempting to resurrect the 80’s, the ANIMATRONICS don’t use it as a guise to perpetrate tuneless keyboard drones on unsuspecting fashion victims. It’s all in the hooks...and you’ll see for yourself - they’re huge. If you can listen to “Andromeda” without hearing the chorus echoing in your head for days after, you just might be the de-evolved man DEVO spent all those years obsessing about.