Good Weather For Airstrikes

So for the last week I’ve been having a major life crisis of sorts, as I was being forced to decide between attending the UVA/Virginia Tech game at UVA on the night of November 19th, or attending the Hot Hot Heat/We Are Scientists concert in Baltimore which was to take place at the same time. In the most awesome turn of events ever, as I was walking to class today, I spotted a flyer alerting me of the fact that the HHH/We Are Scientists tour had in fact scheduled a date at UVA the next night. So yeah, best news ever. As for the artist profile of We Are Scientists, continue reading below.

We Are Scientists can be summed up in two words: “awh yeah”. They’re like a musical version of the comedy group Stella (speaking of which all of the unbelievable Stella movies are now back up here at College Humor). Actually, to be more precise, I’d say they sound like what you’d get if you crossed Hot Hot Heat’s herky-jerky danceable antics with Stella. But yeah, they’re awesome, and they’re definitely one of my favorite bands based on sheer likeability.

Though not actually from the UK - the band formed in New York in 2000 - they, like The Killers before them, are signed to a British distribution deal, and have just released their debut album, With Love & Squalor in the UK this past Tuesday (a US release is expected in early 2006). In their own words, they create “rock music of the thoughtful, sometimes epic, often loud, vaguely danceable, implicitly humanist variety”. Not only do I love their frantic brand of indie rock, I also love their brilliant sense of humor, as is expressed in their incredible music videos (which are available for streaming here) and their reviews and advice sections of their website (seriously, go visit, its as funny as any other comedy website on the internet). This band is probably the catchiest indie rock band I’ve ever heard, and Pitchfork pretty much nails the band with the description from their review: “[With] hooks aimed straight for your jugular… [We Are Scientists] straddle the line between indie and pop-punk”.

Also awesome about WAS is the fact that they’re apparently committed to making a music video for every song on their album. They already have fantastic videos for their first two singles, “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt” (from M3 Rock Edition) and “The Great Escape” - both of which are available for download below - and they recently debuted a video for album track, “Inaction”, which you can download and view as well. All come highly recommended. Can’t wait to see these guys next month.

MP3s: [all highly recommended]
“Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt” - We Are Scientists
“Inaction” - We Are Scientists
“The Great Escape” - We Are Scientists

Video: (download and watch with Quicktime)
“Inaction” - We Are Scientists

Previous UK Artist Profiles
KT Tunstall
Arctic Monkeys
James Blunt
Maximo Park
Editors
The Subways

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