Ta-Dah (Universal/Motown) is a fitting name for the sophomore effort by the Scissor Sisters. After touring the world and taking it by storm with their Grammy-nominated eponymous debut disc, they regrouped and recorded the eagerly anticipated follow-up, unquestionably deserving of a “ta-dah!” type of introduction. Scissor Sisters know what you want and they serve it up, shiny as cutlery.

Lead track and current single “I Don't Feel Like Dancin'” is a slice of seventies-influenced pop that is bound to have the desired effect. In fact, if dancing is really your game, “Ta-Dah” provides ample opportunity. Not ones to shy away from musical drama, the Scissor Sisters slow it down for the greatest impact on “ Land of A Thousand Words.” Scissor sister Jake Shears took time from the band's current whirlwind European trek to answer a few questions transatlantic style before the domestic release of the new album.

AfterElton.com:You were just in the U.K., where the Scissor Sisters are huge! What's it like to perform someplace where you are huge celebrities?
Jake Shears: It's strange. It's definitely not like we're “celeb celebs” because we've pretty much steered clear of tabloid fodder. As far as being a big pop band, it's amazing. It's a little bit nerve-wracking, at first, but we've really been working hard this past month and it culminated in this last week. It's just been in-sane! The record came out there on Monday (Sept. 18), and the papers are declaring it “Scissor-mania.” We played Trafalgar Square on Saturday night and the city's never seen anything like that before. There's never been an event that big in Trafalgar Square.

AE: Is it true that Kylie Minogue introduced the Scissor Sisters at your Trafalgar Square concert?
JS: Yes, that's where she introduced us. It was just fantastic. It's so exciting that people are loving the music and they're loving the second record. It's just a big relief. Because you just can't count on much of anything. You can't count on the fact that people are going to like what you choose to do and you can't necessarily count on having any fans left on a second record. We've seen that happen in the past year, with other bands that were very successful on their first records, put out the second ones and just completely tanked. The fact that it's not tanking and in just three days it's turning out to be one of the biggest sellers of the year is very, very exciting.

AE: I understand that the concert was filmed and will be shown in select movie theaters. How did that come about?
JS: Most of the big gigs, whether it's a festival or whatever, get filmed one way or another, because there's usually, if they're big enough, there are those screens on the sides of the stage, because the people a mile away can't see you. A lot of times what they're filming gets broadcast.

AE: You've probably been asked this question quite a bit recently, but how would you say that the Scissor Sisters have evolved in the couple of years between the debut album and Ta-dah?
JS: I think the band has evolved musically. I don't think we were necessarily a very good band when we started out. I think we were fun and we were great and Ana is super funny and the shows were really fun. But I don't think we were a great band. Whereas now, I think, the band itself has gotten really tight and amazing, just as a live band. And the music has taken another step. The second album is kind of different. It's a bit more nuanced and lyrically it goes different places. This album is not about the same thing. We're writing about different things than we were on the first record.