"I am 100% prone toward writing the simplest, most direct pop song possible"

You know when you have a feel for how someone is going to be like, before you meet them and you are worried that their gonna somehow be awful, they say never meet you heroes… It was, then, with some trepidation that I approached this wonderful conversation with Keith Murray of the incredible We Are Scientists. I need not have worried, Keith, as you will hear is funny, erudite, warm and informative as we discuss the perils of your band’s website shutting down mere days before your album’s release, we talk on that album Lobes genesis, why quirky and lovable are good but not great descriptors and Keith reveals the secret to staying sane and onside in a musical partnership.
This is part one of two.
(image: Dan Monick)