You Should Dance

Let's face it: Rules Don't Stop is great. Is the kind of song you hear, love and play in your head over and over and over again, the kind of song that gives a new meaning to the expression "heavy rotation", but also the kind of song that keeps you awake in the middle of the night, making you wonder about the album as a whole. Well, stop questioning, my friends, because We Are Scientists decided it's time. On 14 June, their fourth studio album, Barbara, will finally be released.

And here's the point where your fears (if you had something like this) are blown in the wind. Yes, the rest of the album is as good as the first single was. Still, if you are to think about what makes it so cool in the first place, you might face some serious difficulties. That's because this is not the kind of album that can be properly analysed and decomposed, at least not at the first listening. You just know it's great and that is all.

It might be the catchy guitar line. It might be the crazy drums. It might be that I-don't-know-how-else-to-call-it-but-awesome voice. None of them might enter the category "I've never ever heard this before in my life!" However, the sound as a whole is simply spectacular. It makes you want to jump all over your room, break down the walls, go out in the street and invite everyone to join you, while screaming at them, along with Murray and Cain: "I don't bite, but you can't believe it!" or God knows what other line.

This album is like a very cool breeze on a hot summer day: it makes you shiver and feel at ease and it leaves you completely refreshed. And the best part is that you can always press PLAY again.


*photo courtesy of We Are Scientists official site