3 weeks ago 22nd Apr 12:35
Not everyone was convinced by We Are Scientists the first time round. Declared the best thing ever by NME when their debut album ‘With Love and Squalor’ was released back in 2005, the initial excitement of their delightful, catchy, pop-punk singles 'The Great Escape' and 'Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt' failed to mask an album lacking substance and depth.
Nobody can accuse the Brooklyn three-piece of that with ‘Brain Thrust Mastery’, released in March this year, which debuted in the UK album charts at number 11.
Talking to Keith about the new album he is excited, passionate and almost defensive of the new record, which puts right everything ‘With Love and Squalor’ failed to produce.
We Are Scientists - singer Keith Murray, bassist Chris Cain and drummer Michael Tapper, now replaced by Adam Aaronson, formed in 2000 and their debut was written and recorded before they’d even got a record deal.
After their debut release in 2005 they enamoured the UK with their distinctive guitar pop singles and quirky on-stage banter. When they finally finished touring in late 2006, they’d sold over 160,000 copies of ‘With Love and Squalor’ and decided in was time to make another record.
Keith and Chris’s comedy routines at their gig’s and on their website, which features reviews of random objects and humorous articles, suggest this is a band who can’t stop taking the piss.
At their sell-out Sheffield show Keith decides he will give his shirt an extra role up the arm, just for the Sheffield fans- they deserve it apparently, because no one has brought them Yorkshire puddings yet. (Cue another call from Chris for his management to bring Sheffield their Yorkshire puds.)
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