We Are Scientists to tour with Snow Patrol, release new song

photo: Ted Leather

Following the release of their sixth studio album Megaplex in 2018, Brooklyn-based power-pop duo We Are Scientists will be supporting Snow Patrol on the road this spring. They also have a new song, "Second Acts," which will be released on Feb. 15 via 100% Records.

When reflecting on the significance of releasing six albums, guitarist/vocalist Keith Murray says, "It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of honing of craft to make it to six records... I mean, the Velvet Underground never made six albums. The Smiths didn’t. Pavement, Guns N’ Roses, The Stooges — none of them could do it. So, I guess we’re just objectively better than those bands now? It’s just a mathematical fact, right? Van Halen made six with David Lee Roth but only four with Sammy Hagar, so I guess we’re better than Hagar-era Van Halen but only just as good as Roth-era? Which, saying it out loud, makes total sense, yeah."

Tour dates

(Supporting Snow Patrol):

April 18: Dallas, TX - Southside Ballroom
April 20: Austin, TX - Moody Theatre
April 21: Houston, TX - Revention
April 23: Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
April 24: Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
April 25: Raleigh, NC - Kings*
April 26: Washington, DC - Anthem
April 27: Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theater
April 29: Boston, MA - Orpheum
April 30: New York, NY - Terminal 5 - SOLD OUT
May 03: Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall - SOLD OUT
May 04: Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 05: Akron, OH - Musica *
May 07: Chicago, IL - The Riviera Theater
May 08: Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue - SOLD OUT
* We Are Scientists Headlining Show