NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - June 8, 2010) - New York based indie rockers, We Are Scientists, whose forthcoming June release, Barbara, is receiving high praise from their adopted homeland of England, has set a series of US tour dates as part of the band's World Tour launching this month, including major UK and European festivals. Barbara is the band's fourth and by all accounts best studio album to date. As a result, W.A.S. has been garnering an unstoppable flood of UK press and media activity, including multiple features in The Guardian, a major feature just out in The Fly accompanied by a 4 star review, as well as features scheduled to appear in FHM, Time Out, Artrocker, among others. Rave reviews in Mojo, Blogcritics.com, Absolute Punk, etc. continue leading up to release. Included in the schedule of upcoming, high profile UK promotional activity is the Zane Lowe Radio 1 Sessions, NME Radio 'Takeover,' XFM Session, roundhouse Digital Music Awards and an appearance at the Topshop fashion lecture.
"They've unleashed a fistful of songs that'd do any of the mid-noughties breakthrough brigade prouder than many of them can still conceive... all the ingredients are absolutely there for a thoroughly explosive reaction," claims Iain Moffat, The Fly, in the magazine's 4 star review. And, Andy Fyfe at Mojo declares, "The New York-based Californians continue to round the spiky indie-rock edges off their 2006 party-hard debut... hungry verses about relationships that glide into giant choruses. A solid step forward for a band unfathomably more popular in the UK than their homeland."
The album follows the We Are Scientists rock music brand by including beat-driven, melody-wrapped, and harmony-draped, lyrically-savvy tracks. W.A.S. is Keith Murray and Chris Cain. On Barbara, the duo recruited a brand new set of hands and feet behind the drum kit in the shape of Master Andy Burrows (ex-Razorlight drummer).
The band's much-anticipated US tour dates are as follows:
July 3: Albany, NY: Pearl-palooza
July 13: Boston, MA: Middle East
July 14: New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom
July 15: Philadelphia, PA: Johnny Brenda's
July 16: Washington, DC: Black Cat
July 17: Brooklyn, NY: Music Hall of Williamsburg/Siren After Party
July 19: Toronto, ON: Horseshoe Tavern
July 20: Ann Arbor, MI: Blind Pig
July 21: Chicago, IL: Bottom Lounge
July 23: Denver, CO: Larimer Lounge
July 26: Portland, OR: Doug Fir Lounge
July 28: Seattle, WA: Neumo's
Contact Information:
Please contact:
PLAN A MEDIA
Patti Conte:
PattiConte@nyc.rr.com
212.337.1406, ext 16
Amanda Charney:
AmandaCharney@planamedia.com
212.337.1406, ext 15