We Are Scientists:

'No Love, All Squalor'

 Jonathan Seaborn, staff writer

When I first put the We Are Scientists CD “With Love and Squalor” in I was disappointed.

I was told by the sales person that it was a non-stop, rock-and-roll rollercoaster. Well that was a lie.

The weird thing is I normaly love this style of music, not too upbeat pop/punk (not pop-punk), but there is just something about this fun-hating CD that turns me off. I think it’s the fact that it’s just so boring. They are going out of their way to be a poppy White Stripes, who I love, but they just couldn’t pull it off.

“With Love and Soualor” was released on Jan. 10 and is We Are Scientists’ first CD. Hopefully this will be their last as well. It was released by Virgin Records, and they are based out of Brooklyn, N.Y.

These White Stripes, Interpol, and Franz Ferdinand wanna-bes should spend less time making washed out pop rock and work on finding themselves. Everything I have read about We Are Scieinitsts, good or bad, was all about how they sounded like someone else. Why would I want to listen to someone who sounds like someone else when I could just get the real thing?

The only song I really enjoyed was “Textbook.” The song is a clam piece and has a nice groove, but still lacks heart.

I was told that this would “make me want to dance,” which is a good thing, but I never wanted to dance listening to this, just shoot myself or maybe jump out of a window. This CD should be nowhere near anyone dancing. If dancing is something you love, then go buy yourself a Kenny G. CD, or even a Yanni CD because both of those will make you want to dance more than “With Love and Squalor.”

I’m still not sure what made the guy at the record store tell me to buy this poop, but I did and kind of hate myself for it. “With Love and Squalor” is 36 minutes, 13 songs, and pure poop. Please save yourself some money and buy something useful, like an entertaining piece of paper or a soda. You’d be much happier doing so.