Most rock albums have a tendency to be impossible to dance to.

They're usually laden with heavy and distorted guitar riffs, smashing bass lines and beats meant to start a mosh pit, not a dance party.

Yet Head Automatica, the side project of Glassjaw front man Daryl Palumbo, kills that theory by conjuring up a rock group that plays songs that make it impossible to keep your feet still.

The band's debut album "Decadence" never slows through its short, but splendid, 37 minutes. This might have something to do with the fact that the album is produced by Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, who has worked with more pop-like groups such as Handsome Boy Modeling School and the Gorillaz.

The CD's first track, "The Speed of a Yellow Bullet," is exactly what the title suggests. The song rips into rapid vocal stylings with funky guitar and an on-and-off beat that wraps around your head and begs you to sing along with Palumbo's yelps of "Come on!"

The waver in Palumbo's yelps is reminiscent of emo singer Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria. Both artists have a tendency to start off deep and end on high notes.

But don't let hardcore wailer Palumbo's sound keep you from checking out "Decadence." Comparing Head Automatica to Glassjaw is like comparing Chinese food to Mexican - two different worlds of taste.

The band, which also includes Larry Gorman on drums, Jim Greer on keyboards, Josh Holden holdin' down the bass (pun intended), and Craig Bonich and Brandon Arnovick on guitars, is at its best on the track "Dance Party Plus."

Beginning with a classic Palumbo scream, the song quickly follows with the album's best and most catchy chorus. It's not the lyrics but the band's rhythm that makes it so digestible.

Head Automatica does such a great job of merging the dance and rock genres, I figure it won't be long before you'll hear their tunes over the car radio.