Does It Offend You, Yeah?

You Have No Idea What You Are Getting Yourself Into

[3.5/5]

Unlike their glowstick-dazzled peers, England’s Does It Offend You, Yeah? don’t approach the dancefloor with the precision of a surgeon. Rather, the gloriously retro You Have No Idea is what the last Rapture album should have been: A non-stop barrage of disco squiggles, vocoded vocals and clashing keyboards that’s sloppy, reckless fun. “Dawn Of The Dead” is either a VHS Or Beta clone or a tune inspired by cheesy ’80s teen films where an underdog triumphs over adversity, while the New Romantic-like album closer is cheekily (and appropriately) titled “Epic Last Song.” Hints of Duran Duran’s foppish pop, Oingo Boingo’s dizzying creativity and Daft Punk’s robot-funk abound–although No Idea is far less interesting when DIOY,Y? play straightforward dance music in the vein of Justice and Simian Mobile Disco. Just listen to the spazzy “Let’s Make Out,” a riotous explosion of frazzled electro-punk and Robert Smith-goes-hysterical vocals that’s perfect for drunken spit-swapping. (ALMOST GOLD) Annie Zaleski