We Are Scientists chat to I Like Music
After the storming success of their debut album With Love And Squalor, We Are Scientists released 'Crap Attack'; a collection of rarities, videos, b-sides and remixes on November 6th amidst a sold-out UK tour.
I Like Music caught up with bass player and vocalist, CHRIS CAIN [pictured centre] before their gig on November 7th at Southampton Guildhall, to chat about the We Are Scientists music-making process, bad habits, and plasma screens.
"I like music because… it can make snakes and bears dance."
CHRIS CAIN, WE ARE SCIENTISTS
ILM: Your first CD/DVD double whammy 'Crap Attack' came out yesterday featuring two new tracks, some rarities, videos, b-sides and remixes. How did that all come about?
CHRIS: Originally, we conceptualised it as something just for the merch booth and for the website; something strictly for real hardcore fans, because it's not really a cohesive album in any sense. The reason we wanted to do it was, we made those 12 videos for With Love And Squalor over a year ago before the album was released, and never found a way to release those. And then, we figured that most people hadn't heard the B-sides. Getting a number 20 single, which I think is the highest we've ever gotten, only involves selling something like 6000 singles. Whereas we sold 200,000 copies of the album so it stands to reason that most people who bought the album haven't heard the b-sides. So we kind of expected that a lot of people would be interested in hearing all the odds and ends that were floating around and it would be nice if we could collect them all in one place for a decent price.
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