Fashionfollower.com gives the album this terrific review:

Ima Robot "IMA Robot"
(Virgin)
"All year I was a little disappointed with the lack of exciting new music making its way into my CD player. 2002 was so much fun, so what happened in 2003? And then all of the sudden it seemed like a bunch of fantastic records were released in the last quarter of the year. The debut album from IMA Robot is one of them.

With angular guitars, spastic vocals, and crafty lyrics courtesy of Alex Ebert, the album initially brings to mind early 80's synth pop and punk a la Devo and Talking Heads. But then, listen further and there's more than a little bit of Bowie/Bolan/Suede-style glam thrown in for good measure. Just when you think the album's completely focused on anti-capitalism, anti-war, and anti-mainstream ("Song #1", "Here Come the Bombs", Alex will get all sentimental and romantic on your ass and sing about love and optimism and the joys of just waking up everyday ("Alive", "Scream". But it's this swinging back and forth that makes the album such a great listen...it never gets boring and you won't be tempted to skip over a single track. Plus, numbers like "Dynamite" will have you out of your seat and pogoing with the best of 'em."(S. Appel)