With Love And Squalor - We Are Scientists

'With Love and Squalor' was the debut album from California's We Are Scientists. This three piece first introduced their edgy indie-pop to the world in 2004/5 depending when you discovered them! To a mixed response, the album gave a new edge to the UK music scene in October 2005 when this album was released. Each track follows on from the previous, each sits nicely with the next and are catchy, featuring the pre-released singles of; ~ Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt, ~ It's a Hit, ~ The Great Escape. ~~ Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt ~~ With an instantly recognisable riff to start it, this track is a great opener, displaying the vocal ...

There was a lot of hype about this New York based trio before the release of the 'With Love and Squalor' album as it was expected to be something really quite special. Usually I would say never believe the hype, but with We Are Scientists things were always a little bit different. I say this because the band had already provided an impressive Lamacq live session, and one of the bands songs had already been chosen to be Zane Lowe's record of the week before the album was even released. The early signs were strong and 'With Love and Squalor' was therefore gearing up to be an excellent album release. Right from the very first moment I heard this album I was mightily ...

Released in October 2005, With Love and Squalor is the debut album from New York dwelling but Californian born trio, We Are Scientists. The record is a familiar blend of indie/alt rock with a dash of punk and some undeniably catchy hooks. On first inspection you could be forgiven for dismissing this record as simply another Kaiser Chiefs or Hard-Fi rehash but given time this is an album that reveals many treats and surprises. Like a fine wine left to age, With Love and Squalor, is an album that seems to get better with each passing month. That is not to say that its influences aren't obvious, it is easy to see The Killers, Editors, Franz Ferdinand et al in this record, ...