In the spirit of “If it’s not Scottish, it’s crap!” Del Amitri unloads its catchy pop-rock tunes on central Iowa tonight at People’s Bar and Grill.

The Scottish group, appearing sans kilts, is currently on tour promoting their new album, Twisted. The single, “Roll to Me,” is a Top 40 hit and is enjoying medium rotation on both VH-1 and MTV.

The unusual video sports the band members being pushed around town in baby strollers by beautiful women. Perhaps a Freudian dream come to life.

The success of their third album brings the spotlight to the quartet, where they hope it will stay for some time. Their last album, Change Everything, spawned the hit “Always the Last to Know” and introduced the guys to the American pop scene.

But it’s their own brand of brooding rock ‘n’ roll that Del Amitri wants to be known for. “Obviously a lot of our songs are quite poppy,” said Justin Currie, lead singer and bassist, in a press release. “But we always set out to make something that sounds like a cross between Neil Young, the Beatles and the Undertones. It never ends up sounding like that— it always ends up sounding like a pop album, and quite bland.

“On this thing we set out to do the same thing, to make a fairly lively rock ‘n’ roll record — and I think we got nearer that result. It doesn’t sound like a pop album to me. I mean, it doesn’t sound like a cross between the Undertones, Beatles and Neil Young either, but it’s getting there.”

Del Amitri took to the English countryside to record Twisted in a house 40 miles south of London. The 12 songs, which showcase an artistic growth, were practiced and arranged while being written. The result is a tightly arranged collection of varied-sounding material.

And how does Del Amitri describe their distinctive sound that has yet to capture a label? “There’s a new phrase I particularly like that’s being applied to a lot of things,” Currie said. “Post-everything. I’d rather be post-everything than anything else, so I’ll go with that.”

You can hear the post-everything sounds of Currie, guitarist Iain Harvie, guitarist David Cummings and drummer Chris Sharrock, collectively known as Del Amitri, at People’s tonight.

The Caulfields will take the stage at 9:30 p.m. and the show is a sell-out. An ID is required.