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A band from Long Beach, California that started out as a side project of Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck from Orgy. Genre-wise, they're definitely something electronic: they started out closer to Industrial Metal, but their most recent album is more Synth Pop/dance oriented.

Sonic fans might recognize these guys as the band behind the songs "This Machine" and "Waking Up". They also did "Technical Difficulties" for Transformers.

Related Acts:

Dead by Sunrise (Derakh, Shuck)
Orgy (Derakh, Shuck)
Street Drum Corps (Zummo)

Current Lineup

Ryan Shuck - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Amir Derakh - lead guitar, synthesizer
Anthony 'Fu' Valcic - keyboard, programming, samples, bass guitar
Frank Zummo - drums

Discography

Death to Analog (2009)
We're Here With You (2012)

Julien-K provides examples of:

Album Title Drop: "We're Here With You," also the Title Track.
Break Up Song: "Close Continuance".
Everything Sounds Sexier in French: Why else would the woman in "Systeme de Sexe" be speaking French?
Intercourse With You: "Systeme de Sexe". With background moans for added NSFW-ness!
Listing Cities: "Breakfast in Berlin".
Lyrical Dissonance: "Close Continuance", an 80s-ish, bouncy, Ear Worm-tastic number about a failing relationship.
New Sound Album: We're Here With You is significantly different from Death to Analog (and their Sonic songs,) with a much more dance/synthpop-oriented sound. The band's former bassist, Brandon Belsky, left due to his dissatisfaction with the new direction.
Non-Appearing Title: They're doing this more often with We're Here With You: "Close Continuance", "Colorcast", "I'll Try Not To Destroy You", and "Palm Springs Reset". Prior to that album, most songs have a Title Drop somewhere other than "Dystopian Girl" and "Death to Analog".
Something Something Leonard Bernstein: Most of the lyrics to "Technical Difficulties" are lost in heavy electronic distortion.
Title Track: Both Death to Analog and We're Here With You, though only the latter contains an Album Title Drop.
We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties: "Technical Difficulties".
Xtreme Kool Letterz: "Cruel Daze of Summer". (Unless it's a pun?)

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 * [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: "Close Continuance", an 80s-ish, bouncy, [[Ear Worm]]-tastic number about a failing relationship.
 * [[New Sound Album]]: ''We're Here With You'' is significantly different from ''Death to Analog'' (and their Sonic songs,) with a much more dance/synthpop-oriented sound. The band's former bassist, Brandon Belsky, left due to his dissatisfaction with the new direction.
-* [[Non Appearing Title]]: They're doing this more often with ''We're Here With You'': "Close Continuance", "Colorcast", "I'll Try Not To Destroy You", and "Palm Springs Reset". Prior to that album, most songs have a [[Title Drop]] somewhere other than "Dystopian Girl" and "[[Title Track|Death to Analog]]".
+* [[Non-Appearing Title]]: They're doing this more often with ''We're Here With You'': "Close Continuance", "Colorcast", "I'll Try Not To Destroy You", and "Palm Springs Reset". Prior to that album, most songs have a [[Title Drop]] somewhere other than "Dystopian Girl" and "[[Title Track|Death to Analog]]".
 * [[Something Something Leonard Bernstein]]: Most of the lyrics to "Technical Difficulties" are lost in heavy electronic distortion.
 * [[Title Track]]: Both ''Death to Analog'' and ''We're Here With You'', though only the latter contains an [[Album Title Drop]].