We Are Scientists

A album that picks you up and swings you around back to your youth.

The freshman debut from We Are Scientists, this album captures the high energy live shows the band was doing at their inception. Less polished/produced than their later efforts, this album goes for a more raw sound. The music videos that accompany the singles are great, and show that while this band takes music seriously, they will never take themselves seriously.

We Are Scientists' sophomore album has a more polished/produced sound than their first outing, With Love and Squalor, but the band continues their style of "never taking themselves seriously, but taking the music seriously." While the highest charting single of After Hours will be immediately recognizable from soundtracks like Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, tracks like Tonight, and That's What Counts, where the band takes a big swing are the standouts for me.