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Editorial Review:
Brooklyn's We Are Scientists make it to their second album, Brain Thrust Mastery, a man down--drummer Michael Tapper departed the band in late 2007-–but with a new sound and a refreshed ambition. While 2005's With Love and Squalor marked them out as The Strokes' preppier cousins, lean guitar-indie with arch lyrics and driving tempos, Brain Thrust Mastery has more than rehash on its mind. It's an album that's both bigger and poppier than its predecessor--see gleaming first single "After Hours"--but also eager to experiment and branch out. The opening "Ghouls" echoes fellow Brooklynites TV on the Radio, a synthetic mesh of ticking rhythms, dubby bass and multi-tracked vocals, frontman Keith Murray singing: "We all recognise/That I'm the problem here", while "Lethal Enforcer" is a sly piece of '80s pop revivalism that somehow channels the smooth synths and echoing drums of Phil Collins without quite tipping over into kitsch. There's the occasional dropped ball here--"Spoken For", a serene, Tropicalia-tinted love ballad is interrupted around the mid-point by some unnecessary, pompous flying-V action--but on the whole, this is smart pop music that's clever but crucially, seldom clever-clever. --Louis Pattison
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Truly awful I really wanted to like their music I borrowed this album from the library and I am really glad I didn't buy it. Terrible it was like nails on a chalkboard I just wanted it to end.
No dissapointment A very pleasing follow-up to their first album. This is the album that The Killers should have been making, but were too overly-hyped to keep to what the do best. If you haven't listened to "with love and squalor" buy that too, just the best band around at the moment.
Top Notch Album I have always loved we are scientists! They are down to earth guys who create great music, so when i got this album i worried it may not live up to my expectations but it absolutely did! I've listened to all of the songs so many times and it never gets boring. I recently went to see them live and they are amazing live, they actually sound like they do on the album which means they dont 'perfect' and 'touch up' their voices using technology which just adds to what i love about them! Awesome album. Awesome... more info
Different but Great It's easy to note from this album that the band has matured. If you are looking for more of what was in the first album you will be disappointed. However, this album is great, it's mellow and more melodic. The hard hitting lyrics and drinking binge songs have been replaced by more tranquil tracks. I loved the first album and I love this one, for different reasons.
