Saitama quartet the telephones are unabashed disco aficionados.

Since their formation in 2005, the band, who are all in their mid-20s, have put out an EP ("Love & Disco") and a live DVD ("Super Disco Hits!!! the telephones One-Man Show!!!") both named after the popular 70s musical genre, have penned no less than three other "disco"-titled songs, and their MySpace site asks, "are you disco???"

Despite all of this, the act view their contemporary sounding, energetic dance-punk and new-wave cuts in a more time-tested light.