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Jan 27, 2023Slowing things down has traditionally been a mixed bag for We Are Scientists, but the more relaxed tracks here are big successes.
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Jan 27, 2023It's that feeling of needing to get out of the house and away from your family, or perhaps yourself, that We Are Scientists distill with lab precision on Lobes.
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Jan 27, 2023Whilst ‘Lobes’ doesn’t reinvent the lobe shaped wheel, this is an effervescent funk-laden album which will certainly brighten up those dark January evenings thanks to its soaring choruses and memorable melodies.
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UncutFeb 15, 2023On "Operator Error" and "Less From You", the duo nimbly reintegrate the post-punk and power-pop elements of their mid-'00s selves with the more avidly dance-oriented direction of the band's last decade. [Apr 2023, p.38]
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Jan 27, 2023Pastiche is the entire point of Lobes. Maybe its period recreations provide some surface pleasures, but it’s not enough to erase the suspicion that We Are Scientists have turned into indie-rock journeymen, content to dabble in sounds and styles that have just fallen out of fashion.