MUSIC: Brooklyn boys are heading to Dublin

WE ARE Scientists, the Brooklyn-based power pop troupe are set to return to Dublin with their sixth album.

Entitled ‘Megaplex’, it will be released via 100% Records on April 27.

The infamous duo, Keith Murray (guitar/vocals) and Chris Cain (bass), are once again set to dazzle the world with 10 brand new splashes of colourful and utterly addictive pop that serve as a welcome distraction to these bleak times we live in.

 “In the past, we’ve used our music to educate, to enlighten, to awaken people to the depth and complexity of moral concerns,” Chris staes.

“This time, we really wanted to drop a fun-bomb. Something to dance to and ‘Megaplex’ achieves just that.”

Recorded at Tim Wheeler from Ash’s Atomic Heart Studios in NYC and once again produced by Max Hart (ex-Katy Perry), the duo set about honing down a sprawling burst of creativity to make the concise pop beast that is ‘Megaplex’.

 "At this point in our careers, we’ve written so many songs,” explains Keith.

“The pool for this record alone was something like 90 songs deep — we know exactly what we want out of a We Are Scientists record.

“We want it to be taut, to bang hard, to have a big hook every four seconds or so.

We don’t have to be precious about which songs make it onto a record; we can listen to the ones that didn’t make it at home, on our own time.

“Megaplex is just the 10 most delicious songs that we have — a stacked-up compound of entertainment.

"It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of honing of craft to make it to six records,” Keith adds.

“I mean, the Velvet Underground never made six albums. The Smiths didn’t. Pavement, Guns N’ Roses, The Stooges — none of them could do it.

“So, I guess we’re just objectively better than those bands now? It’s just a mathematical fact, right? Van Halen made six with David Lee Roth but only four with Sammy Hagar, so I guess we’re better than Hagar-era Van Halen but only just as good as Roth-era? Which, saying it out loud, makes total sense!”

 These are stark facts that cannot be argued when faced with the 10 melodious molten nuggets that are simply blinding in their brightness.

Yes folks, We Are Scientists are very much back.

 You can check them out yourself when the duo take to the stage at Dublin’s Academy on Saturday, May 12.