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Brain Thrust Mastery

We Are Scientists

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1 Explicit Ghouls We Are Scientists 2:57 Album Only View In iTunes
2 Explicit Let's See It We Are Scientists 3:55 Album Only View In iTunes
3 Explicit After Hours We Are Scientists 3:52 Album Only View In iTunes
4 Explicit Lethal Enforcer We Are Scientists 4:41 Album Only View In iTunes
5 Explicit Impatience We Are Scientists 3:14 Album Only View In iTunes
6 Explicit Tonight We Are Scientists 3:41 Album Only View In iTunes
7 Explicit Spoken For We Are Scientists 3:01 Album Only View In iTunes
8 Explicit Altered Beast We Are Scientists 3:56 Album Only View In iTunes
9 Explicit Chick Lit We Are Scientists 3:54 Album Only View In iTunes
10 Explicit Dinosaurs We Are Scientists 3:36 Album Only View In iTunes
11 Explicit That's What Counts We Are Scientists 4:19 Album Only View In iTunes
12 Explicit Dance Off We Are Scientists 3:48 Album Only View In iTunes

Album Review

Reduced to the core duo of singer and guitarist Keith Murray and bassist Chris Cain, Brooklyn's We Are Scientists successfully make the next step implicit in the new wave revival of the early 2000s. Think back to the original new wave scene, both in its original U.K. incarnation in the late '70s and the slightly later MTV-fueled flowering of same across the malls and junior high schools of America. Think of a band like, say, the Thompson Twins. The Thompson Twins released a pair of cred-establishing post-punk records before edging into pop with the "In the Name of Love" single and then the semi-pop, semi-experimental transition album Quick Step & Side Kick, which garnered that much more mainstream interest. So let's say We Are Scientists' full-length debut, 2005's With Love and Squalor, was their Quick Step & Side Kick, an album balanced neatly between indie cred and the sort of aboveground success that the Killers or Franz Ferdinand scored. So then what? Well, the Thompson Twins went all in and recorded the ultra-pop, glossy Into the Gap, an album designed for widespread American Top 40 success, and were rewarded with smash singles like "Hold Me Now" and "Doctor, Doctor." Similarly, We Are Scientists recorded Brain Thrust Mastery. Nonsensical album title aside, Brain Thrust Mastery is the new wave revival's conceptual equivalent of an album like Into the Gap. The first single, "After Hours," is a pure pop delight, the most immediately catchy song We Are Scientists have yet created and a genuine potential hit. "Impatience" would a solid choice for the not as memorable second single, and the goofy, deliberately corny dance-pop of "Lethal Enforcer" sounds tailor-made for the soundtrack of 2008's equivalent of a John Hughes teen comedy. There are some solid album tracks that recall the more daring aspects of the debut, particularly the abstract, dark-hued cool of the opener, "Ghouls," and the catchy and energetic "Tonight." But the rest of Brain Thrust Mastery consists of pleasantly tuneful pop songs that barely register with the listener even after several repetitions. It's not a bad record, and its best songs are certainly worthy of Thompson Twins-level success. It's just that in the long run, this gambit did that band no favors (quick, name one Thompson Twins song post 1984), and barring another conceptual overhaul the next time out, We Are Scientists might find themselves in the same boat.

Recent Customer Reviews

Chick Lit
     
by lmloth

The album is alright. Chick Lit is definitely the best song. The power in it is so catchy and the music video is hilarious!

GAHH
     
by RADvb

this isnt really my type of music and the only song i want is "dinosaurs" but STUPID ITUNES makes it album only!
i hate when itunes does this!!! BAN THE ALBUM ONLY!!!!!

Not bad but not what I was looking for.
     
by shark1308

Honestly, people shouldn't be giving this a one star rating because it's fairly catchy and there are some good tracks that display the WAS humor that has always been there. That being said, I still prefer the sound of Squalor and ESPECIALLY the sound of the waaay early stuff like Safety, Fun, and Learning (In That Order) and the 2 EPs (B**chin' & Inaction). Listening to all these albums in order of release makes it very apparent that they shift more and more away from pop/rock to dance/pop at each installment. Again, this album is still fun to listen to but I don't think it will have the same lasting appeal.

Biography

Formed: 2000 in California

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '00s

The Brooklyn-based indie rock trio We Are Scientists formed in 2000 around the talents of guitarist/lead vocalist Keith Murray, bass player Chris Cain, and drummer Michael Tapper. After building a small but devoted following through their epic live shows and a series of three self-released EPs, the group...
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