New We Are Scientists Single, "After Hours"

Brooklyn-favorites and Virgin Records bad boys, We Are Scientists have their new single, "After Hours" up on the myspace. It's still sitting somewhere under 3,000 plays, so it can't have been up very long. It's a little more "arena rock" than their previous record but adding a little Angels and Airwaves never hurt anyone's sales figures. The song is big and bold and closes with a punch that makes you feel like the air got sucked out of the room. Instrumentally, it's a little more interesting and you can catch some strings and even some keys (the opening organ chord is the same as the opening chord in Coldplay's "Fix You" - sorry if that ruins everything) but it's still a Scientists cut - a little punky where it needs to be and a chorus that makes you feel just disenfranchised enough to sing along. The lyrics aren't mind-blowing and, in the refrain, seem designed for Top 40 radio. If you can't get the kids to relate to "one final round, cause time means nothing, say that you'll stay." It's either a super-complicated metaphor exploring notions of beginnings and end. Or. It's a song about drinking your ass off at a bar and not wanting to go home. "Time means nothing." In either case, you'll want to say you heard it first.

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