Album: With Love and Squalor by We Are Scientists (2005)
Genre: Indie Rock | Mood: Energetic
Record Label: Virgin
Format: Album

Description: With Love and Squalor is the major label debut album from rock band We Are Scientists. It was released in the United Kingdom in 2005 on Virgin Records and charted at No. 43, with a large cult following which enabled it to after nearly 6 months of release, gain a gold certification by the BPI in 2006. The album sold an average of 4,166 copies each week before it got the certification. The album title is derived from a J.D. Salinger short story, "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor", which was originally published in The New Yorker and subsequently in Nine Stories, a compilation of Salinger's short stories.

Artist Background: We Are Scientists is a California-based indie rock band that formed in Berkeley, California in 2000. Originally formed of Keith Murray on drums, Chris Cain playing bass guitar and Scott Lamb providing vocals and guitar, before Michael Tapper became drummer and Keith became vocalist and guitarist. The band's breakthrough success came with their second album With Love and Squalor which sold 100,000 copies in the first 6 months. Their second success was with Brain Thrust Mastery which charted at... Part of the Claremont, California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Indie Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Maxïmo Park, The Futureheads, The Pigeon Detectives, The Rakes

Music Scene: Part of the Claremont, California, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Indie Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Indie Rock, Energetic, 2000s, Album, Virgin

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With Love and Squalor is the major label debut album from rock band We Are Scientists. It was released in the United Kingdom in 2005 on Virgin Records and charted at No. 43, with a large cult following which enabled it to after nearly 6 months of release, gain a gold certification by the BPI in 2006. The album sold an average of 4,166 copies each week before it got the certification. The album title is derived from a J.D. Salinger short story, "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor", which was originally published in The New Yorker and subsequently in Nine Stories, a compilation of Salinger's short stories.

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