We Are Scientists Take Us Into Rated R Wilderness In “Heart Is A Weapon”

Keith gets naked, partially inspired by Leonardo DiCaprio

Brooklyn duo We Are Scientists share their The Revenant-inspired video “Heart Is A Weapon” where we see the band’s Keith Murray (vocalist/guitarist/stripper) go through similar physical challenges that Leonardo DiCaprio did. Directed by Chris Cain (bassist/visionary?), “Heart Is A Weapon” does not have bear wrestling, but has bare nudity:

“Unless you’re willing to brave death — and, here, that means facing the literal threat of exposure, drowning, tetanus, and (probably) a wolf attack — then, in my estimation, you haven’t earned the right to sing three-minute radio-pop songs,” said Keith. “Now, I’ve earned it.”

“Heart Is A Weapon” is from the duo’s upcoming sixth album Megaplex, which will be out on April 27^th. They are on tour now:

Europe 2018 tour

4/30 – Rough Trade East (London, UK)

5/1 – Banquet Records (Kingston Upon Thames, UK)

5/2 – Thekla (Bristol, UK)

5/3 – Concorde 2 (Brighton, UK)

5/4 – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (London, UK)

5/5 – Rescue Rooms (Nottingham, UK)

5/6 – O2 Institute 3 (Birmingham, UK)

5/8 – The Church (Leeds, UK)

5/9 – O2 Ritz (Manchester, UK)

5/10 – The Garage (Glasgow, UK)

5/11 – Limelight (Belfast, UK)

5/12 – Academy (Dublin, Ireland)

5/13 – O2 Academy 2 Sheffield (Sheffield, UK)

5/15 – Petit Bain (Paris, France)

5/16 – TRIX Centrum voor Muziek (Borgerhout, Belgium)

5/17 – Melkweg (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

5/18 – Knust (Hamburg, Germany)

5/19 – Lido (Berlin, Germany)

5/21 – Hydrozagadka (Warsaw, Poland)

5/22 – Zaścianek (Krakow, Poland)

5/23 – Fuga (Bratislava, Slovakia)

5/24 – Futurum (Prague, Czech Republic)

5/25 – Strom (Munich, Germany)

5/27 – Ohibò (Milan, Italy)

5/28 – Dynamo Werk 21 (Zürich, Switzerlan)

5/29 – Kessehaus, Schlachthof Wiesbaden (Wiesbaden, Germany)

5/30 – Gebäude 9 (Cologne, Germany)

6/28-7/1 – Tex Fest (Market Harborough, UK)

7/19-22 – Truck Festival (Oxfordshire, UK)

7/20-22 – Blackthorn Festival (Manchester, UK)

8/2-5 – Bestival (East Lulworth, UK)

8/2-5 – Neverworld (Edenbridge, UK)

8/3-4 – Oakfield Festival (Elsdorf, Germany)

8/24-17 – Greenbelt Festival (Northamptonshire, UK)

8/24-17 – Greenbelt Festival (Kettering, UK)

North America 2018 tour

6/13 – Sonia (Cambridge, MA, USA)

6/14 – Johnny Brenda’s (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

6/14-17 – Firefly Music Festival (Dover, DE, USA)

6/16 – The Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY, USA)

6/18 – Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto, ON, Canada)

6/19 – The Funhouse at Mr. Small’s (Millvale, PA, USA)

6/20 – Rumba Café (Columbus, OH, USA)

6/21 – The Hi-Fi (Indianapolis, IN, USA)

6/22 – The Empty Bottle (Chicago, IL, USA)

6/23 – MOTR (Cincinnati, OH, USA)

6/25 – The Camel (Richmond, VA, USA)

6/26 – Rock & Roll Hotel (Washington, DC, USA)

7/6 – The Crocodile (Seattle, WA, USA)

7/7 – Fox Cabaret (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

7/8 – Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR, USA)

7/10 – The Chapel (San Francisco, CA, USA)

7/11 – Moroccan Lounge (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

7/12 – Moroccan Lounge (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

7/13 – The Casbah (San Diego, CA, USA)

7/14 – Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Place (Pioneertown, CA, USA)