The '70s-inspired power pop band mixes up their subjects of obsession, re-creating styles of the Beach Boys, '70s power pop, soft rock, and the Beatles.
Filled with skipping beats, old-school synths, and digitally tweaked vocals, the French group's fourth album doesn't just go pop -- it explodes with songs so immediate, so weird, and so bright that they're virtually fluorescent. Though DAT Politics took themselves less seriously than many of the other electronic innovators of the mid-2000s on Wow Twist, the album is day-glo proof that forward-thinking music doesn't have to be somber. - Heather Phares