We Are Scientists

Group

We Are Scientists

US indie rock band

From
Berkeley, United States
Since
2000–present
Rating
★ 4.5 (2 votes)
Releases
64
  • indie rock

About

We Are Scientists is a New York City-based rock band that formed in Berkeley, California, in 1999. It consists primarily of guitarist and vocalist Keith Murray and bass guitarist Chris Cain, with drummer Keith Carne joining the band in the studio and for live performances since 2013.

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The band has released eight studio albums, not including their early release Safety, Fun, and Learning (In That Order), which the band has gone on to describe as more of a rough draft, than a proper album. The band's breakthrough success came with their debut studio album, With Love and Squalor, which sold 100,000 copies in the first six months. This was followed by the releases of Brain Thrust Mastery in 2008, Barbara in 2010, TV en Français in 2014, Helter Seltzer in 2016, Megaplex in 2018, Huffy in 2021, Lobes in 2023, and Qualifying Miles in 2025.
As well as music, Murray and Cain are known for their comedy, often injecting humor into their interviews, press-releases and off-the-cuff jokes at their live shows. This has been carried over as part of producing many of their own music video treatments and their 2009 series of television shorts Steve Wants His Money made for MTV, as well as a podcast series titled Dumpster Dive in 2020.

From We Are Scientists on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Discography

Albums 11
EPs 9
Singles 29
Live 10
Compilations 3
Other 2

Links

Tags

  • rock and indie

Identifiers

ISNI
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Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.