Audio CDs

This is interesting:

The Brooklyn duo We Are Scientists are a pretty good singles band. And we enjoy their humor — whether in little skits or Nickelback covers. Thing is, they generally put out a good single or two, and then rely on their charm, humor, Keith’s dreamy smile, etc. All of which they have in overabundance. Keith and Chris seem like funny, nice guys. They’ve got charisma! It’s the formula that works well for Foo Fighters, except that Grohl is a legit “writer of radio tracks.” Brain Thrust Mastery, their second album for a major label after 2005’s With Love and Squalor, opens promisingly with “Ghouls.” It’s an intense, brief song with an upward lift, clipped guitar squalls/feedback, processed vocals, a constant percussive tap, and repetitious lyrics (”We all recognize that I’m the problem here”). It shifts perfectly into the poppier “Let’s See It” — not a great song, but a suitably […]

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