We Are Scientists mix killer tunes with comedy shtick. But if there's one thing they take seriously it's music
By Tim Walker
Girls at a We Are Scientists show can't stop going on about how cute the
band are. Boys, meanwhile, go on about how funny they are. Both are liable
to agree that, as well as being cute and funny, We Are Scientists have some
killer tunes.
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We Are Scientists mix music with comedy shtick
Girls at a We Are Scientists show can't stop going on about how cute the
band are. Boys, meanwhile, go on about how funny they are. Both are liable
to agree that, as well as being cute and funny, We Are Scientists have some
killer tunes.
We Are Scientists mix music with comedy shtick
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Really great sit-coms, traditionally and broadly speaking, are very often
about three stupid men. Sometimes the men think they are clever, like in
Frasier. Sometimes, they have been abandoned on a remote island, where their
stupidity can be contained, like in Father Ted.
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Nandos, Victoria Square, Belfast
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