OCTOBER 8, 2021 (New York, NY) -- NYC indie vets We Are Scientists have just released their new LP HUFFYTODAY October 8, 2021 via Masterswan Records. The band have delivered a staggering set of humorous, joyous, and dramatic music videos from the record, and this week have added to the set with a video for their euphoric slice of indie pop "Sentimental Education."
Huffy, which follows 2018's Megaplex and the enormously successful "50th anniversary" reissue of With Love And Squalor, is shaping up to be one of the band’s most renowned albums, receiving rave reviews of their high octane, guitar-driven bangers including "Handshake Agreement," "Contact High," "Fault Lines," and "I Cut My Own Hair" while grabbing the attention of sites like Brooklyn Vegan, NME, FLOOD. See what the press has to say below!
"'You’ve Lost Your Shit' explodes into an infinitely danceable wall-of-sound, replete with raging riffs and larger-than-life percussion. And as you might surmise from its title, the song offers one of the catchiest choruses ever to be written around everyone’s favorite S-word." - Consequence
"Huffy is a bombastic collection of high octane bops that give fresh air to the group’s established sound" - Allston Pudding
"They’re still hilarious, raw, and rousing in every aspect of what they do. It’s quirky, but it symbolizes something bigger than a band who laughs at themselves as well as with themselves. We Are Scientists are their own corner of the modern music scene in how they maintain that what they are doing is, and will always be, about the art." -The Aquarian
"We were absolutely blown away by ["Handshake Agreement"] and couldn’t get enough of the video when we first saw it! ...‘Handshake Agreement’ is a great commentary on social media and the inflammatory discourse that often goes with it." - The Honey Pop
“The intoxicating, high-octane hit is set to soundtrack a surge of pent-up revelry and romance throughout the summer of 2021, as it ushers in a bold new chapter for the band." - Parklife DC
For those looking for more of a digital experience, We Are Scientists have also announced a special livestream show at 2pm EST TODAY October 8, 2021, on top of a chance to chat one-on-one with Chris and Keith and get a digitally signed album artwork asset via a QJAM meet & greet event at 3pm EST. For more info on how to join the YouTube release party and the QJAM meet & greet click here.
Huffy’s fresh music is accompanied by an oh-so-fresh presentation: multi-paneled vinyl and CD packaging offer a blank wall on which listeners can unfold their own unreasonable vision for the Huffy universe. Each includes sticker sheets with over 20 full color graffiti designed by Keith, Chris, and friends, deployable according to the user’s whim. Tilting reality even further into the hallucinatory gyre, this vinyl comes in a choice of ten colors. The cassettes will be manufactured in a paltry five colors, but while each has Huffy on Side A, five different Side B’s give hard plastic-enthusiasts something to crow about.
On Huffy’s mosaic form, Chris Cain says, “Usually people bring a vinyl record home, rip it to their iPods, and throw it straight into the fire. Well, not with Huffy. We’re giving our listeners a reason to keep this one around, and even to consider passing it down to future generations, if they’re super-happy with where they put all the stickers.”
Huffy by We Are Scientists is out TODAY, October 8th via Masterswan Records. Get the album here in any which way you prefer (LP/CD/Cassette/Digital), then get ready make your very own one-of-a-kind piece of musical art.
WE ARE SCIENTISTS Photo credit: Danny Lee Allen (hi-res)
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