Scottish party boys Shitdisco made their debut overseas with 2007's Kingdom of Fear, which has now been Americanized as The Emanator. The name change makes sense, as the metal-sounding Kingdom of Fear is actually a much worse name than Shitdisco. There's nothing fearsome about the group's hedonistic, gleefully derivative dance music that nips from everyone from Talking Heads to Gang of Four to Franz Ferdinand to even a Rage Against The Machine riff. It's a high-speed and glossy album, meant for dancing and sweating and hooking up. To that end, The Emanator holds its ground. The tempos are relentlessly brisk, the hooks repeated enough to batter their way into even a stubborn listener's consciousness, and "Reactor Party" in particular is an irresistible hit–with the most iPod commercial-ready hook since the Caesars' "Jerk It Out." Lyrically, Shitdisco are as subtle as AC/DC, just about as sex-obsessed, and even a little sillier, as borne out on the dance-punk opener "I Know Kung

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