Barbara
Popular in the UK and basically ignored at home, We Are Scientists have now enlisted a Razorlight member for their latest LP of lukewarm indie-dance.
For a band that shares its name with a Cap’n Jazz song, We Are Scientists sports a pretty straightforward sound, channeling any emo impulses it might have into well-polished, tidy little dance-rock tunes. And really, frontman Keith Murray seems more comfortable when he’s flaunting his bad-boy skills and blaming things…
Barbara introduces We Are Scientists’ new label and new drummer -- and a mix of the approaches the band took on their two previous albums.
A band at their dependable best...There was a time a few years ago when We Are Scientists were everyone’s buzz band.
Catchy? Yes. Memorable? No. And therein lies the problem for We Are Scientists, reckons <strong>Michael Cragg</strong>