Like a Joy Division+Cheap Trick supergroup. Post-punk new-wave power-pop (or just pop). We say: Gang of 4, Wire, Rapture, Spoon, Tapes n Tapes, Shins, Smiths, Fall. Others say Joe Jackson, Thermals, Tullycraft, Joey Ramone. Frequent clapping parts. Not above cheap gimmicks for spectacle's sake.