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NYC duo play hook-filled indie pop with an angular post punk edge

They might not be scientists, but the arrival of We Are Scientists’ über-catchy post-punk was so brilliantly timed that the whole thing might have been built in a lab and clinically trialled to perfection. Dropping Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt into a scene primed by Interpol, The Killers, Hot Hot Heat and Franz Ferdinand was like firing a packet of sausages into a room of ravenous dogs.

For all their angular New Yorkisms, We Are Scientists actually started off on the west coast where Keith Murray, Chris Cain and Michael Tapper met at college. The trio gravitated to New York and, after a slew of independent releases, signed to Virgin for their second album 2006’s With Love And Squalor. With a supreme knack for incessant hooks and a knowing sense of humour, the album caught on hugely in the UK and notched up three Top 40 singles: Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt, It’s A Hit and The Great Escape.

Michael Tapper left the band but Cain and Murray pressed ahead as a duo, releasing Brain Thrust Mastery in 2008. Again, it proved hugely successful in the UK. Drummer Andy Burrows (formerly of Razorlight) joined the band for 2010’s Barbara and remained in situ for 2014’s TV En Francais, which also featured Tim Wheeler from Ash. Helter Seltzer arrived in 2016, with Megaplex following two years later.

In June 2021, the band announced a new record, Huffy, set for an October 2022 release. It was preceded by a new single Contact High. We Are Scientists also announced UK tour dates for November and December 2021, including gigs in Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham and London.

Setlists

  1. Brain Thrust Mastery

    1. 1.Ghouls
    2. 2.Let's See It
    3. 3.After Hours
    4. 4.Lethal Enforcer
    5. 5.Impatience
    6. 6.Tonight
    7. 7.Spoken For
    8. 8.Altered Beast
    9. 9.Chick Lit
    10. 10.Dinosaurs (with Carne drum solo)
    11. 11.That's What Counts

  2. Hits

    1. 12.You’ve Lost Your Shit
    2. 13.Buckle
    3. 14.Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
    4. 15.I Cut My Own Hair
    5. 16.Nice Guys
    6. 17.This Scene Is Dead
    7. 18.I Don't Bite
    8. 19.The Great Escape
    9. 20.Less From You

  3. Encore

    1. 21.It's a Hit
    1. 1.You’ve Lost Your Shit
    2. 2.Inaction
    3. 3.Settled Accounts
    4. 4.It's a Hit
    5. 5.Chick Lit
    6. 6.Buckle
    7. 7.I Don't Bite
    8. 8.Contact High
    9. 9.The Great Escape
    10. 10.Rules Don't Stop
    11. 11.I Cut My Own Hair
    12. 12.Nice Guys
    13. 13.KIT
    14. 14.Human Resources
    15. 15.Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
    16. 16.Dinosaurs
    17. 17.This Scene Is Dead
    18. 18.After Hours
    19. 19.Less From You
    1. 1.Lucky Just to Be Here
    2. 2.Lousy Reputation
    3. 3.Contact High
    4. 4.The Great Escape
    5. 5.Buckle
    6. 6.Operator Error
    7. 7.Nice Guys / Rules Don't Stop
    8. 8.Settled Accounts
    9. 9.It's a Hit
    10. 10.I Cut My Own Hair
    11. 11.I Don't Bite
    12. 12.No Wait at Five Leaves
    13. 13.Your Light Has Changed
    14. 14.Chick Lit
    15. 15.Human Resources
    16. 16.Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
    17. 17.After Hours

  2. Encore

    1. 18.You’ve Lost Your Shit
    2. 19.This Scene Is Dead
    3. 20.Less From You
    1. 1.Lucky Just to Be Here
    2. 2.Lousy Reputation
    3. 3.Contact High
    4. 4.The Great Escape
    5. 5.Buckle
    6. 6.Operator Error
    7. 7.Nice Guys / Rules Don't Stop
    8. 8.Settled Accounts
    9. 9.It's a Hit
    10. 10.I Cut My Own Hair
    11. 11.I Don't Bite
    12. 12.Cash Cow
    13. 13.No Wait at Five Leaves
    14. 14.Human Resources
    15. 15.Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
    16. 16.After Hours

  2. Encore

    1. 17.You’ve Lost Your Shit
    2. 18.This Scene Is Dead
    3. 19.Less From You
    1. 1.Lucky Just to Be Here
    2. 2.Lousy Reputation
    3. 3.Contact High
    4. 4.The Great Escape
    5. 5.Buckle
    6. 6.Operator Error
    7. 7.Rules Don't Stop
    8. 8.Settled Accounts
    9. 9.It's a Hit
    10. 10.I Cut My Own Hair
    11. 11.I Don't Bite
    12. 12.Callbacks
    13. 13.Dumb Luck
    14. 14.Human Resources
    15. 15.
    16. 16.Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
    17. 17.After Hours

  2. Encore

    1. 18.You’ve Lost Your Shit
    2. 19.This Scene Is Dead
    3. 20.Less From You

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