When Moby released his latest album, .php>Last Night, he likened it to “a night out in New York”—but I wasn’t convinced. To me, Last Night didn’t sound like a great night out. Really, I’d rather spend the night on the couch, watching another Law & Order marathon. But Brain Thrust Mastery, the latest album from fellow New Yorkers We Are Scientists, succeeds where Last Night failed—because if these guys are going out, I definitely want to come along.
It all starts out deceptively slowly, with the somewhat dark sound of the simple, repetitive opening track, “Ghouls.” But as the song progresses, the beats quicken and the sound grows. Just think of it as your warm-up track—because things just pick up from here on out.
The album is full of fun night-out-on-the-town songs. One of my personal favorites is also the album’s first single: “After Hours,” a bouncy, catchy tune about “soaking up the hours that everyone else throws away”—because “time means nothing.” There are those end-of-the-night lines and promises in “Tonight.” And things slow down a bit for a reluctant confession in “Spoken For”—before coming to a close with the morning-after song, “That’s What Counts” (“We shouldn’t talk about last night / Nobody’s proud of what they’ve done. / Oh, let’s not argue about what’s right / Let’s just agree that it was fun, fun.”).
Brain Thrust Mastery has a totally-‘80s-inspired sound, filled with fun harmonies and synth-heavy pop tunes that are impossible to resist. I just can’t seem to decide which song on the album is the catchiest. Is it “Let’s See It,” with its “oh oh oh”s? Or is it the poppy “Chick Lit”? Or maybe one of the others—I just can’t decide. There just too many fun, catchy songs on this 11-song album to choose just one. And even when the tempo slows down a bit, the sound is still light and fun—and playfully easy-going. Of course, that could have something to do with the witty lyrics; clearly, these are a couple of guys who don’t take anything too seriously.
And even if they’re not all specifically about painting the town red, the songs on Brain Thrust Mastery will put you in the mood to do just that.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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