We Are Scientists - 'Impatience'
Poor We Are Scientists. They spend ages writing and recording high-quality indie rock songs, they tour them all over the world, they put their hearts into making the very best music that they possibly can, and they are ready, in a very real sense, to rock, at all times...but all anyone ever wants to talk about is how funny they are.
There was even an interview question the NME used for one of their festival specials over the summer where they asked a variety of musical stars whether they thought Keith and Chris would do better to cut out this music malarkey and just stick to making people laugh. Not one person said this would be a bad idea. Not one.
Look, here's the band doing The Comedy...
And here they are again...
And here's the band doing The Music...
Granted, if you're watching the video, there's not a lot in it. But there's definitely something to be said about a band whose music is among the last things anyone thinks about. Even with a song as pounding, upbeat, and catchy as this, it's still the werewolf video which is drawing all the attention.
Which seems a shame, cos if Oasis or the Enemy came out with a two-chord cave-stomp rave-up like this, and shot their usual performance video to go with it, the indie world would be going nuts about it. Somehow, by adding value to their product, the Scientists have diminished its worth.
Not so clever after all, eh chaps?
Download: Out now
CD Released: September 15th
(Fraser McAlpine)
PS: "Why not try a chicken leg?" Genius.
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