Yaz They Is!

NEW YORK—English synthpop bands have proliferated in the last couple of years like the pods in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. But just as the folks taken, over by the extra-terrestrial pods were dehumanized and drained of any emotional capability, most of the groups in this latest British invasion express cold alienation, combining facile synthesizer know-how and bloodless vocals on albums that contain one or two catchy songs and a lot of unmemorable filler material.