We Are Scientists Announce New Album 'Qualifying Miles' With Lead Single Please Don't Say It
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Sari Murray
We Are Scientists have laid out plans for their ninth studio album.
The indie-rock stalwarts — guitarist-vocalist Keith Murray and bassist Chris Cain — will release 'Qualifying Miles' via Groenland Records on July 18, following up 2023's 'Lobes'.
To coincide with the announcement, the New York-based band have shared the record's lead single, Please Don't Say It, which is both melancholic and emotive, while serving up their signature witty lyricism and catchy hooks. Murray said:
"I'm always happy to spew all kinds of drama in song, just don’t make me talk about it in person, okay? Please Don’t Say It is, I guess, a song about being unwilling to confront my glitches anywhere but in that very song. Except, now I’m talking here about using the song to not talk about it. Weird."
"We Are Scientists writing process these days is to just write incessantly - good songs, terrible songs, sincere songs, goofy songs, whatever," he continued about the record. "It’s a fun process, but it kind of makes it hard to stop and get to the harder work of recording the actual album.
"Sometimes, it takes a song like Please Don’t Say It to come along and get you so excited about sharing it with everyone else that you simply have no choice but to call a wrap on the writing process and immediately start making a record. We got so excited by the appearance of Please Don’t Say It that was the last song we wrote for 'Qualifying Miles'; we needed it out in the world." Head below to view the song's accompanying video, about which Murray added:
"You know what we haven’t explored enough in our many years of video media creation? Fog. We’ve run rampant through city streets (Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt), rode horses across Irish bogs (Chick Lit), and had our eyes speared by nail guns (Dumb Luck). Somehow, though, the cinematographers of those videos never had the wherewithal to exploit the sex appeal of a good fog machine.
"Sure, yeah, we’ve had loads of haze (Your Heart Is A Weapon). Hell yes, we’ve deployed light steam (Rules Don’t Stop). But it took our many accrued years of cinematographic education to finally nail the fog layers sensual enough to convey the steamy carnality of this, the most sensually befogged song of We Are Scientists’ career. Please, now: get lost in the murk of Please Don’t Say It."
Details of the album arrive ahead of We Are Scientists' UK and European tour later this spring, which includes an appearance at Live At Leeds In The Park on May 24. They'll also play Poole Harbour Festival in Dorset on July 26. Tickets are on sale now.
'Qualifying Miles' tracklist:
1. A Prelude to What
2. Starry-Eyed
3. Dead Letters
4. The Big One
5. Please Don’t Say It
6. The Same Mistake
7. What You Want Is Gone
8. A Lesson I Never Learned
9. I Could Do Much Worse
10. I Already Hate This
11. The Mall in My Dreams
12. Promise Me
We Are Scientists Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu May 22 2025 - EDINBURGH La Belle Angele
Sun May 25 2025 - HULL Social
Mon May 26 2025 - LIVERPOOL Arts Club Theatre
Tue May 27 2025 - SHEFFIELD Crookes Social Club
Thu May 29 2025 - STOKE Sugarmill
Fri May 30 2025 - NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
Sun June 01 2025 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute2
Tue June 03 2025 - CARDIFF Globe
Wed June 04 2025 - BRIGHTON Chalk
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