Brooklyn neo-girl-group Tralala trots out a lot of familiar moves on Is That The Tralala, from bratty, back-off-boys chant-singing—usually performed in harmony by the seven-piece band's four female vocalists—to the teen-friendly lyrical concerns of "Are You Gonna Dance (With Me)?" and "Underdog." A straight line runs through the Ramones, The Slits, The Go-Go's, Sleater-Kinney, and Tralala, and it's to Tralala's credit that the songs on Is That sound so catchy and exciting when they're essentially retreads. Credit a bright pop sense, a willingness to vary the formula with unexpected instrumental interludes, and a vision expansive enough to make a song like "Tallmansville, W. VA."—a twangy coal-miner's lament—fall into line with a triumphantly snotty fuck-you anthem like "The Blow-Off." If Tralala can connect those two sides more often, the band will be more than just another cheap retro thrill.