Brain Thrust Mastery
After the modest success of 2006's With Love and Squalor, We Are Scientists again pursue surface thrills through self-deprecation and uptempo modern rock about girls and embarrassing drunkenness.
It's generally easy to figure out which bands are coming from a genuinely creative place and which are avoidable bandwagoneers, but every once in a while, along comes a group whose seemingly questionable intentions are outweighed by a pile of great songs. One enjoyable dance-rock album could be passed off as a fluke,…
The album eschews the scenester party-and-sex themes of With Love and Squalor for more grown-up subject matter.
After dropping their major label debut, With Love & Squalor, hitting the road almost nonstop, and losing drummer Michael Tapper, We Are Scientists are...