We Are Scientists on Filter

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Filter's Top 10 of 2006, Day Twenty Four: We Are Scientists
by Staff | 12.24.2006

Not many bands have to leave LA to gain success, but then We Are Scientists aren’t like every other band! After moving to New York and quickly establishing themselves on the scene, the band released their major label debut, With Love and Squalor in January this year. The band also have an ace up their sleeves with their memorable videos directed by Akiva Schaffer, the writer/director responsible for “Lazy Sunday.” Here’s the band’s favorite albums of the year:


We Are Scientists

Grizzly Bear, Yellow House (Warp)
Oxford Collapse, Remember the Night Parties (Sub Pop)
The Blow, Paper Television (K. Records)
The Blood Arm, Lie Lover Lie (City Rockers)
Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino)
Beach House, Beach House (Carpark Records)
Mates of State, Bring It Back (Barsuk)
Liars, Drum's Not Dead (Mute)
Beirut, Gulag Orkestar (Ba Da Bing)
Hot Chip, The Warning (Astralwerks)