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Album Review: The Veronicas - The Veronicas

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Originality is not their strong suit.

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If wildly successful Australian pop act The Veronicas had a signature sound, it would be other people’s signature sounds.

Originality is not their strong suit. But – crucially – being derivative doesn’t prevent them from being fun! This, their first album in seven years (!), is true to form. Sure, You Ruin Me is a clumsy, melodramatic Enrique Iglesias tribute. And, yes, If You Love Someone is watery, Pink-derived noughties power pop. But then there’s the buzzy self-righteousness of I’m A Veronica and the undeniably fun nod to La Roux, Line Of Fire. It’s an album by The Veronicas.