This fall the music scene is awaiting an infectious album from the poppy, feel-good Swedish duo Icona Pop. After their highly successful debut single “Manners” released in 2011, these two rocking girls, now based out of New York, have been working hard to create an album that makes their audience get up and dance. “This Is… Icona Pop” shows the evolution Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo have gone through as artists while still staying true to a dance floor pop anthem vibe.

With all of this success it is hard to believe that the duo met in February of 2009 at a party, both in the throes of a break up. Once they realized they wanted to make music together, they never really discussed the sound they wanted to create, and somehow developed a strong synth pop dance-punk sound. “We just started and it felt so good. We just want to make music that makes people feel like they can cry to, dance to, or to feel something to,” the girls shared with the New Zealand Herald in an interview.

Despite the success, Hjelt and Jawo have been written off as just another pop act in several reviews. However, with their new album they are able to show a different side to their abilities as artists. “All Night” shows this side by holding a clear story line in their music video. It plays out as a documentary of two rival dance teams and leads into a dance off where the duo sings another feel-good anthem. The storyline is all fictional but really adds an interesting element to the concept of their music and the album as a whole.

The rest of the album is also strong with a more in-your-face and often serious tone, full of their signature duets. Also on the new album is “Ready for the Weekend.” During an interview with the New Zealand Herald the girls said, “… I think you get so much inspiration from different places, people that you meet, and of course the sound can change a little bit. Like when we moved to London, for example, we got interested in the underground music scene over there. So that’s when [party tune] ‘Ready For the Weekend’ and songs like that came about.”

Also on the album are some “chest-beating electro-pop” inspired tracks with “We Got the World” and a more punkish “Then We Kiss,” which sounds similar to music of the Strokes.

Keep your eyes and ears open as this powerful and poppy album climbs the charts after its release on Tuesday, September 24.