In an industry where bands routinely burst onto the scene with meteoric intensity only to fade just as quickly, We Are Scientists have quietly crafted one of alternative rock's most remarkable sustained careers. For over two decades, the New York-based outfit — comprising founding members Keith Murray and Chris Cain — has consistently delivered sharp, infectious indie rock, maintaining the rare ability to evolve without losing their essential DNA. Now, with their ninth studio album, Qualifying Miles, arriving July 18th, the band continues to defy expectations, this time by looking back even as they push forward.

We Are Scientists are set to issue their highly anticipated ninth studio album, Qualifying Miles, through beloved German indie Grönland Records. Grönland oversaw the band’s last three records in Europe, each time expanding the EU listenership, and this marks the first time since their debut that W.A.S. have handed over worldwide control to a single label. Bassist Chris Cain is confident: “Oh, nobody’s worried about Grönland.”

The album finds Murray and Cain embracing a stripped-down, "band in a room" aesthetic that harkens back to the music that shaped their childhoods. Murray explains. "The crop songs we wrote for Qualifying Miles covered a huge range of genres, but somehow the songs that resonated them most with us all shared this vaguely 90s guitar rock sensibility.”