Originally I had planned on mentioning Prince, Velvet Goldmine, and that easily definable major-label Autralian indie-dance-pop sound. But I'm really bad at writing, so I'm going to pass this one over to the comments left by those who watched the video for the album's title song, "Walking on a Dream":

There. They said it better than I could've ever hoped to. I think I am going to do this more often.